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Mountain Lakes

A borough of 4,585 people in New Jersey
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Map of Mountain Lakes: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land6.5%120 of 1,851 acres
Trails7.9 mi2.7 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves326 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Mountain Lakes

Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, US
1924Established
4,472Population
2.9 sq miArea
489 ftElevation

Mountain 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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ZIP code07046
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Housing in Mountain Lakes

$1.22M▲ 6.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

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

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market20
Sale-to-list102.6%
Sold in May5
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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.

Violent crime per 1,000
Mountain Lakes 0.4
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Mountain Lakes 1.9
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A-

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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DistrictMountain Lakes Public School DistrictSchools6

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