In addition, Cresskill is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Cresskill 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, Cresskill really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cresskill perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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.
In Cresskill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Cresskill is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
If knowledge is power, Cresskill is a pretty powerful place. 58.48% of the adults in Cresskill have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
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.
