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Fanwood borough, Union County, NJ

7,723 Population
1.3 square miles 5,765 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$73,487 ±$8,887 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $49,666 ±$854
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$177,727 ±$30,035 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Union County: $95,000 ±$2,210
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

1.3% ±1.2% (101  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Union County: 8.9% 50,130 (±0.5% / ±2,919)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

43.2 minutes ±6.7 (132,620  ±31,037) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Union County: 30.6 7,721,665 (±0.4 / ±130,957)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

2,808 ±146 Number of households
  • Union County: 199,996 ±806
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.7 ±0.1 (7,642  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Union County: 2.8 565,482 (±0 / ±1,040)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5% ±3% (78  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 5.5% 7,308 (±0.4% / ±540)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

2,808 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 209,928 ±301
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$588,100 ±$38,052 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Union County: $458,000 ±$4,355
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9% ±3.9% (687  ±,300.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 9.9% 56,180 (±0.6% / ±3,309.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

97.7% ±9.4% (5,309  ±,579.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 86.8% 337,913 (±1.1% / ±4,419.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
72% ±8.7% (3,915  ±,513.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Union County: 38.3% 149,113 (±0.7% / ±2,869)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.1% ±3.1% (1,088  ±242) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Union County: 31.6% 180,816
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

5.1% ±2.3% (303  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 2.9% 12,830 (±0.2% / ±863)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
303 Total veterans ±134 303 Male ±134 N/A Female ±19

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