Pompton Lakes
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1890
Pompton Lakes, N.J. post office and telephone exchange, 1890
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About Pompton Lakes
Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, USPompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,127, an increase of 30 (+0.3%) from the 2010 census count of 11,097, which in turn reflected an increase of 457 (+4.3%) from the 10,640 counted in the 2000 census. Pompton Lakes was established on February 26, 1895, from portions of Pompton Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. The borough was named for the Pompton people, a sub-tribe of Native Americans who lived in the area. It was the first borough to be formed in Passaic County as part of the "boroughitis" that had struck the state at the time. Pompton Lakes…
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Housing in Pompton Lakes
The typical Pompton Lakes home is worth about $561,000, up 4.6% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home.
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Safety in Pompton Lakes
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Pompton Lakes's police department reported only 2023 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Pompton Lakes
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The public schools Pompton Lakes’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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