Cedar Knolls vs Ledgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Knolls and Ledgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Knolls and Ledgewood are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ledgewood has the higher population (5,150 vs 4,754 in Cedar Knolls). Cedar Knolls has the higher median household income ($166,077 vs $125,000 in Ledgewood). Cedar Knolls has the higher median home value ($610,100 vs $454,100 in Ledgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
Population	4,754	5,150
Median age	41.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$166,077	$125,000
Median home value	$610,100	$454,100
Median gross rent	$2,802	$1,570
Housing units	1,825	2,064
Homeownership rate	60.8%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
Population	4,250 → 4,754 (+11.9%)	5,341 → 5,150 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$129,875 → $166,077 (+27.9%)	$99,044 → $125,000 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$484,200 → $610,100 (+26.0%)	$374,700 → $454,100 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,633 → $2,802 (+6.4%)	$1,716 → $1,570 (-8.5%)

Cedar Knolls

Population

4,2504,754

Median household income

$129,875$166,077

Median home value

$484,200$610,100

Median gross rent

$2,633$2,802

Ledgewood

Population

5,3415,150

Median household income

$99,044$125,000

Median home value

$374,700$454,100

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
Under 5	9.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	19.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	20.8%
55 to 64	6.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.1%
75 and over	7.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	66.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.7%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	21.4%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
Drove alone	64.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	16.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	15.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
1-unit, detached	49.6%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	24.1%	22.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Knolls	Ledgewood
Poverty rate	2.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1979	1992