Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey Explained

Official Name:Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Morris County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Rainbow Lakes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Morris County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:40.8753°N -74.4522°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Morris
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Parsippany-Troy Hills
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:1.20
Area Land Sq Mi:1.10
Area Water Sq Mi:0.10
Area Total Km2:3.11
Area Land Km2:2.84
Area Water Km2:0.27
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:441.87
Population Total:1255
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Density Sq Mi:1144.03
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Ft:520
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:07054 (Parsippany)
07834 (Denville)
Area Code:973/862
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806173

Rainbow Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP)[4] located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the western part of the township and consists of housing built around Rainbow Lake (or "Rainbow Lakes" on federal maps), plus a zone of commercial buildings to the east of the lakes. It is bordered to the east by Parsippany proper, to the north by the borough of Mountain Lakes, and to the west by Denville Township. The northern edge of the CDP is formed by U.S. Route 46 and the NJ Transit Montclair-Boonton Line, and Interstate 80 forms the southern edge. It is northwest of Newark and west of the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River.

Rainbow Lakes was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the population of the area was 1,255.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  2. https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3461560 Census Data Explorer: Rainbow Lakes CDP, New Jersey
  3. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  4. https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020