White Meadow Lake, New Jersey
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement White Meadow Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.<ref>GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Morris County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 23, 2012.</ref><ref>2006-2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 23, 2012.</ref><ref name=CPH232>New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32), United States Census Bureau, August 2012. Accessed December 23, 2012.</ref><ref>Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed April 19, 2015.</ref> As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 8,710.<ref name="Census 2020"/>
Geography
[edit]White Meadow Lake is in north-central Morris County, in southern Rockaway Township. It is bordered to the south by the borough of Rockaway and to the southeast by Denville Township. It is bordered in all other directions by other areas within Rockaway Township, including Hibernia to the north and Mount Hope to the west. Interstate 80 passes through the southern part of the White Meadow Lake CDP, with access from Exit 37 (Green Pond Road). I-80 leads east Template:Convert to Parsippany and west Template:Convert to Netcong. New York City is Template:Convert to the east.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the White Meadow Lake CDP has an area of Template:Convert, including Template:Convert of land and Template:Convert of water (11.54%).<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> The lake for which the community is named lies in the west-central part of it and drains to the east via White Meadow Brook, part of the Rockaway River watershed flowing east toward the Passaic River.
Demographics
[edit]2010 census
[edit]The 2010 United States census counted 8,836 people, 3,061 households, and 2,531 families in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,152 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 89.08% (7,871) White, 1.69% (149) Black or African American, 0.03% (3) Native American, 5.89% (520) Asian, 0.05% (4) Pacific Islander, 1.45% (128) from other races, and 1.82% (161) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.19% (812) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>
Of the 3,061 households, 41.0% had children under the age of 18; 71.3% were married couples living together; 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 17.3% were non-families. Of all households, 13.6% were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.18.<ref name=Census2010/>
25.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 31.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 96.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 93.6 males.<ref name=Census2010/>
2000 census
[edit]As of the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 9,052 people, 3,046 households, and 2,562 families living in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,119 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.6% White, 1.61% African American, 0.1% Native American, 4.7% Asian, 0.9% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.7% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for White Meadow Lake CDP, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 23, 2012.</ref>
There were 3,046 households, out of which 45.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.9% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.25.<ref name=Census2000/>
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.<ref name=Census2000/>
The median income for a household in the CDP was $83,708, and the median income for a family was $89,345. Males had a median income of $57,400 versus $41,057 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,596. About 1.2% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/>
Community
[edit]All homeowners in White Meadow Lake are members of the White Meadow Lake Property Owners Association, Inc., which owns and maintains the lake itself and its beaches, boat docks, club house and other facilities. Full membership dues (as of 2023) were $895.00 per home.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Two places of worship are located within White Meadow Lake, both Jewish: the White Meadow Temple, a Conservative congregation, and a Chabad center.
Copeland Middle School, part of the Rockaway Township Public Schools, is located in White Meadow Lake, as is Stony Brook Elementary School. Elementary school students in White Meadow Lake attend either Stony Brook or Catherine A. Dwyer Elementary School. High school students attend Morris Hills High School in Rockaway Borough.