Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey

Populated place in Morris County, New Jersey, US

Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States

40°52′31″N 74°27′8″W / 40.87528°N 74.45222°W / 40.87528; -74.45222Country

United StatesState

New JerseyCounty MorrisTownshipParsippany-Troy HillsArea

^[1]

• Total1.20 sq mi (3.11 km²) • Land1.10 sq mi (2.84 km²) • Water0.10 sq mi (0.27 km²)Elevation

520 ft (160 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,255 • Density1,144.03/sq mi (441.87/km²)Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)ZIP Code

07054 (Parsippany)
07834 (Denville)

Area code(s)973/862FIPS code34-61560^[3]GNIS feature ID2806173^[4]

Rainbow Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP)^[5] 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^[6]), 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 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Newark and 30 miles (48 km) west of the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River.

Rainbow Lakes was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[4]

Demographics

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

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,255		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 2020^[2]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Census Data Explorer: Rainbow Lakes CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Rainbow Lakes Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
^ "Rainbow Lakes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Census of Population and Housing, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 1, 2023.