Cedar Knolls vs Riverdale

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

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

Cedar Knolls has the higher population (4,754 vs 4,084 in Riverdale). Cedar Knolls has the higher median household income ($166,077 vs $96,667 in Riverdale). Cedar Knolls has the higher median home value ($610,100 vs $384,500 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
Population	4,754	4,084
Median age	41.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$166,077	$96,667
Median home value	$610,100	$384,500
Median gross rent	$2,802	$2,351
Housing units	1,825	2,038
Homeownership rate	60.8%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
Population	4,250 → 4,754 (+11.9%)	4,197 → 4,084 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$129,875 → $166,077 (+27.9%)	$110,664 → $96,667 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$484,200 → $610,100 (+26.0%)	$347,400 → $384,500 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,633 → $2,802 (+6.4%)	$2,098 → $2,351 (+12.1%)

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

Riverdale

Population

4,1974,084

Median household income

$110,664$96,667

Median home value

$347,400$384,500

Median gross rent

$2,098$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
Under 5	9.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.7%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
Drove alone	64.1%	81.6%
Carpooled	16.5%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	49.6%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	24.1%	10.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	39.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Knolls	Riverdale
Poverty rate	2.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1979	1995