What is the median rent in Cedar Knolls, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Cedar Knolls, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Cedar Knolls, NJ is $2,849 (±$269) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 726 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,849 (±$269)
Rented homes: 726 (±291)
$2,000 or more: 87.4%

How much rent costs in Cedar Knolls

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Cedar Knolls	Morris County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	3.7% (±5.9 points)	4.1%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	3.4% (±5.6 points)	3.9%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	2.2% (±4.2 points)	17.5%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	3.2% (±4.6 points)	30.3%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	9.6% (±9.3 points)	17.6%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	39.8% (±23.5 points)	13.0%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	38.0% (±27.2 points)	13.6%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,500 to $2,999, paid by 39.8% of renting households.

87.4% of rented homes in Cedar Knolls cost $2,000 or more a month.

Cedar Knolls against Morris County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cedar Knolls	Morris County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$2,849 (±$269)	$1,904 (±$30)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	726 (±291)	48,017 (±1,617)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Cedar Knolls, median gross rent is higher than in Morris County ($1,904).

It is also higher than in New Jersey ($1,720).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Morris County, Cedar Knolls ranks 4 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 10 of 201.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Cedar Knolls

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cedar Knolls
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Cedar Knolls	—	$2,849 (±$269)	—
Morris Plains Borough	1.7 mi	$2,835 (±$203)	Not measurably different
Morristown Town	1.9 mi	$2,274 (±$125)	Lower
Whippany	1.9 mi	$2,556 (±$1,057)	Not measurably different
Morris Township	2.6 mi	$2,437 (±$210)	Lower
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	3.3 mi	$1,736 (±$42)	Lower
Troy Hills	3.8 mi	$3,108 (±$944)	Not measurably different
Rainbow Lakes	3.8 mi	$2,022 (±$225)	Lower
Parsippany	3.8 mi	$1,742 (±$41)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Morristown Town, NJ ($2,274), Morris Township, NJ ($2,437), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, NJ ($1,736).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Morris County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Brookside	$3,500 or more
2	Pompton Plains	$3,129 (±$512)
3	Troy Hills	$3,108 (±$944)
4	Cedar Knolls	$2,849 (±$269)
5	Green Village	$2,782 (±$120)
6	White Meadow Lake	$2,686 (±$215)
7	Whippany	$2,556 (±$1,057)
8	Succasunna	$2,516 (±$380)
9	Pine Brook	$2,366 (±$183)
10	Millington	$2,286 (±$2,124)

Showing 10 of 24 places in Morris County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Cedar Knolls is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Hanover Township, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Cedar Knolls

What is the average rent in Cedar Knolls, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Cedar Knolls is $2,849 (±$269) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Cedar Knolls cost more than $2,000 a month?

87.4% of rented homes in Cedar Knolls have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 3.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Cedar Knolls higher than in Morris County?

In Cedar Knolls, median gross rent is higher than in Morris County ($1,904).

It is also higher than in New Jersey ($1,720).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Cedar Knolls CDP, New Jersey (place:11290, in state:34).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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