In addition, Cresskill 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, Cresskill is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Cresskill a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Cresskill has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Cresskill’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Cresskill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.00 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Despite being a small borough, Cresskill has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Cresskill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Cresskill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.48% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cresskill in 2022 was $70,235, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $280,940 for a family of four.
Cresskill is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Cresskill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cresskill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Cresskill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.83% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cresskill include Italian, Irish, German, Israeli, and Russian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Cresskill's cultural character, accounting for 42.97% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Cresskill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
