Edgewater vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewater and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

Edgewater and Fairview are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairview has the higher population (14,920 vs 14,544 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($137,847 vs $64,152 in Fairview). Edgewater has the higher median home value ($723,400 vs $512,100 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Fairview
Population	14,544	14,920
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,847	$64,152
Median home value	$723,400	$512,100
Median gross rent	$2,645	$1,597
Housing units	7,601	5,724
Homeownership rate	41.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Fairview
Population	12,403 → 14,544 (+17.3%)	14,258 → 14,920 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$127,221 → $137,847 (+8.4%)	$57,698 → $64,152 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$600,600 → $723,400 (+20.4%)	$364,900 → $512,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,506 → $2,645 (+5.5%)	$1,467 → $1,597 (+8.9%)

Edgewater

Population

12,40314,544

Median household income

$127,221$137,847

Median home value

$600,600$723,400

Median gross rent

$2,506$2,645

Fairview

Population

14,25814,920

Median household income

$57,698$64,152

Median home value

$364,900$512,100

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Fairview
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	21.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	29.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	42.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	62.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Fairview
No high school diploma	2.5%	26.3%
High school graduate	9.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Fairview
Drove alone	35.2%	51.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	16.6%
Public transit	29.7%	16.2%
Walked	3.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	7.0%
Other means	1.5%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Fairview
1-unit, detached	3.8%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	42.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	14.2%
20 or more units	61.5%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Fairview
Poverty rate	6.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	42	31
Median year structure built	1996	1957