Green KnollNJ
A town of 6,789.
Is Green Knoll a good place to live?
Green Knoll’s median household income is $165,000, above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). We don’t grade Green Knoll yet; the figures below are still real.
Every workday, about 5,590 people come to Green Knoll for work
Where Green Knoll’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 497 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Knoll. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw36 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw35 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw36 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to Green Knoll: who provides what
Green Knoll is unincorporated, so Somerset County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Green Knoll.
Green Knoll has 1.6 jobs for every working resident, and 5,590 people commute in
For most workers, Green Knoll is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. The share of workers in Green Knoll who do their job from home is 29%, against 16% in New Jersey’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. 3.3% of Green Knoll residents live below the poverty line. Employers in Green Knoll added 630 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 5,688.
| Green Knoll | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 29% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Green Knoll brings four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 21 inches of snow, with January nights at 22° and July afternoons at 86°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Green Knoll’s adults binge drink than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
Just over four in five adults had a checkup this year in Green Knoll. This New Jersey town beats the New Jersey average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Green Knoll | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Green Knoll | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.3% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.6% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Green Knoll has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Green Knoll, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 59 of 100. FEMA puts nearly four fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 5% to earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Green Knoll sells for about $1.34M
The share of households in Green Knoll who live in a home they own: 79%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Green Knoll
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Green Knoll
About 5 of every 100 Green Knoll residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
About Green Knoll
Populated place in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
Green Knoll is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Bridgewater Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Green Knoll had a population of 6,594.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 184 ft
Green Knoll’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Green Knoll.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Knoll | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martinsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pluckemin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater Township | #144 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Bedminster Township | #76 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
Bridgewater Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Green Knoll, Martinsville, Bridgewater Center and Pluckemin aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Green Knoll with a neighbor →
Questions about Green Knoll
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Green Knoll, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Green Knoll yet; the figures below are still real.