Fairview vs New Milford

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

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

New Milford has the higher population (16,882 vs 14,920 in Fairview). New Milford has the higher median household income ($113,513 vs $64,152 in Fairview). New Milford has the higher median home value ($554,800 vs $512,100 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	New Milford
Population	14,920	16,882
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,152	$113,513
Median home value	$512,100	$554,800
Median gross rent	$1,597	$1,722
Housing units	5,724	6,428
Homeownership rate	34.8%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	New Milford
Population	14,258 → 14,920 (+4.6%)	16,545 → 16,882 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$57,698 → $64,152 (+11.2%)	$94,344 → $113,513 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$364,900 → $512,100 (+40.3%)	$426,800 → $554,800 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,597 (+8.9%)	$1,438 → $1,722 (+19.7%)

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

New Milford

Population

16,54516,882

Median household income

$94,344$113,513

Median home value

$426,800$554,800

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	New Milford
Under 5	5.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.8%
75 and over	6.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	New Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	47.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	4.4%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	New Milford
No high school diploma	26.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	New Milford
Drove alone	51.3%	62.9%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.7%
Public transit	16.2%	7.8%
Walked	3.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.0%	14.0%
Other means	5.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	New Milford
1-unit, detached	20.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	42.5%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	15.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	New Milford
Poverty rate	17.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1957	1953