Photo: Joelincoln at English Wikipedia · Public domainA job hub: Cedar Knolls has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 4,743 people come in to work
Only 2% work in Cedar Knolls; the top destination outside it is New York City (11%, 29 miles). 4,795 jobs are based in Cedar Knolls; 2,121 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cedar Knolls, in brief
Cedar Knolls is where the jobs are
Cedar Knolls has 4,795 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,600 people are in town, 55% more than the 4,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cedar Knolls are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Cedar Knolls
28% of Cedar Knolls workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Cedar Knolls’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cedar Knolls is New York City, NY, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (242) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Three in four Cedar Knolls workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Cedar Knolls’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs based in Cedar Knolls itself pay less: 60% are in that band. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The workday shuffle in and out of Cedar Knolls
On a workday 2,069 residents head out to work and 52 work right here.
About 7,600 people are in Cedar Knolls on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes to work from Cedar Knolls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Knolls workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,922 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cedar Knolls
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Cedar Knolls’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Knolls, 2013 → 2023: 3,830 → 4,795. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Knolls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Cedar Knolls
Where Cedar Knolls clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How Cedar Knolls compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Knolls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Knolls | – | — | — | 21 min | $170,400 |
| Morris Township | 2% | A | A | 29 min | $204,951 |
| Morris Plains | under 2% | A | A | 29 min | $154,923 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morris Township. Darker towns draw more of Cedar Knolls’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cedar Knolls: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Knolls?
$170,400 (±$38,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Knolls?
2.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Knolls?
21 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Knolls work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (11%, 29 mi), Hanover Township (9%, 1 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Knolls without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Knolls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Knolls
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.