Kinnelon is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 9,365 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Kinnelon is the 220th largest community in New Jersey.

Kinnelon is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 91.13% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kinnelon is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kinnelon who work in management occupations (20.10%), sales jobs (14.98%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.55%).

Also of interest is that Kinnelon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Kinnelon is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Kinnelon is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Kinnelon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kinnelon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Kinnelon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Kinnelon, the average commute to work is 34.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small borough, Kinnelon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Kinnelon Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Kinnelon, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Kinnelon is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.42% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Kinnelon in 2000 was $45,796, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $183,184 for a family of four. However, Kinnelon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Kinnelon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kinnelon is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kinnelon include Italian, Irish, German, English, Polish, Dutch, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Kinnelon is English. Some people also speak Spanish.