Church of the Ascension · Photo: Smallbones · Public domainKinnelon’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Kinnelon are A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 2.0% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. Only 4% work in Kinnelon itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (5%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kinnelon: the figures worth knowing
No single place dominates Kinnelon’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 5% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Kinnelon residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Kinnelon
74% of Kinnelon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 56% of the jobs based in Kinnelon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kinnelon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kinnelon is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #173 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Kinnelon’s grade up ($187,438, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kinnelon could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Where Kinnelon goes to work
Where Kinnelon clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Kinnelon
1,611 jobs are based in Kinnelon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kinnelon, 2013 → 2023: 1,499 → 1,611. 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 Kinnelon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kinnelon by day and by night
On a workday 4,270 residents head out to work, 195 work right here, and 1,416 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Kinnelon on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 34 minutes each way for Kinnelon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kinnelon workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,025 commuters (the 21% 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.
How far Kinnelon goes to work
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.
Kinnelon is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kinnelon is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #359 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,108 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Kinnelon households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Kinnelon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kinnelon is 604th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 602 | Woodmoor CO | 8,934 | $172K | 2.3% | 4.5% | 12% | A |
| 603 | Mayo MD | 8,694 | $155K | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 604 | Kinnelon NJ | 10,138 | $187K | 2.0% | 8.1% | 4% | A |
| 605 | Thornapple Township MI | 9,692 | $91K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 12% | A |
| 606 | Alum Rock CA | 10,440 | $127K | 6.2% | 4.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kinnelon, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Kinnelon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kinnelon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnelon | – | A | B+ | 34 min | $187,438 |
| West Milford Township | under 2% | A− | B | 40 min | $132,114 |
| Macopin | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Butler | 4% | A− | A+ | 30 min | $111,557 |
| Newfoundland | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Riverdale | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $102,950 |
| Montville Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 33 min | $169,083 |
| Rockaway Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 30 min | $141,868 |
| Pompton Plains | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pequannock Township | 2% | A | A | 28 min | $120,666 |
| Towaco | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Macopin, Newfoundland, Pompton Plains and Towaco: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Butler. Darker towns draw more of Kinnelon’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 Kinnelon: questions
What is the median household income in Kinnelon?
$187,438 (±$21,914) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kinnelon?
2.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kinnelon?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kinnelon work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (5%, 32 mi), Wayne Township (4%, 8 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kinnelon walkable?
Kinnelon is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kinnelon without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kinnelon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kinnelon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.