Best PlacesLake Mohawk, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Mohawk, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lake Mohawk ranks 880th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Mohawk
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lake Mohawk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Mohawk ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$157,747 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Lake Mohawk ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,439 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Mohawk
A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Mohawk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $157,747, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lake Mohawk's effective rate of 1.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lake Mohawk
Lake Mohawk runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Mohawk.
Who works in Lake Mohawk, and how
Work in Lake Mohawk centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lake Mohawk
Lake Mohawk has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lake Mohawk and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lake Mohawk, month by month
Lake Mohawk sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Lake Mohawk
Newark Liberty International sits about 34 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lake Mohawk
Schools across Lake Mohawk average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Helen Morgan SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Mohawk Avenue SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Byram Lakes Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Byram Intermediate SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Sparta High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Lenape Valley Regional High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Mohawk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Mohawk measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lake Mohawk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Mohawk
Is Lake Mohawk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Mohawk ranks 880th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Mohawk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $495,994. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $157,747 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Lake Mohawk safe?
Yes, Lake Mohawk is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $119 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Mohawk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Mohawk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Mohawk represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lake Mohawk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Mohawk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Mohawk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Mohawk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Mohawk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Mohawk detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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