Mountain Lakes
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About Mountain Lakes
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, USMountain Lakes is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,472, an increase of 312 (+7.5%) from the 2010 census count of 4,160, which in turn had reflected a decline of 96 (−2.3%) from the 4,256 recorded at the 2000 census. Originally a planned community, the borough was named for a pair of lakes which served to distinguish Mountain Lakes as "the first year-round residential lake community in northwestern New Jersey." Mountain Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1924, from portions of Boonton Township and Hanover Township,…
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Housing in Mountain Lakes
The typical Mountain Lakes home is worth about $1,219,000, up 6.9% in a year, 110% above the New Jersey typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Mountain Lakes
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Mountain Lakes's police department reported only 2023 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Mountain Lakes
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The public schools Mountain Lakes’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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