Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Green Knoll, NJ
Only 2% work in Green Knoll itself; outside it, Bridgewater Township draws the most (10%, 1 miles). 29% of workers work from home (New Jersey 17%). Working residents average 29 minutes each way (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Green Knoll: the figures worth knowing
No single place dominates Green Knoll’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 7% of working residents, and 64% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Green Knoll residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Green Knoll
29% of Green Knoll workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Green Knoll’s 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, and so do 84% of the jobs based in Green Knoll. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The towns that employ Green Knoll’s residents
Where Green Knoll clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Green Knoll
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Knoll workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,410 commuters (the 29% 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.
84% of the jobs in Green Knoll pay over $3,333 a month
4,748 jobs are based in Green Knoll.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Knoll, 2014 → 2024: 5,316 → 4,748. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Knoll’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Green Knoll
On a workday 3,551 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 4,667 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Green Knoll on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Green Knoll
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Green Knoll
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Knoll workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Knoll | – | — | — | 29 min | $165,227 |
| Martinsville | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Bridgewater Center | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pluckemin | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Bedminster Township | under 2% | A | A− | 33 min | $123,709 |
Same-state neighbors only. Martinsville, Bridgewater Center and Pluckemin: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Knoll’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 2024, 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 Green Knoll: questions
What is the median household income in Green Knoll?
$165,227 (±$33,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Knoll?
3.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Knoll?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Knoll work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgewater Township (10%, 1 mi), New York City (7%, 36 mi), Franklin Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Green Knoll without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Knoll, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Knoll
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.