Fairview vs Ridgefield Park

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

Fairview and Ridgefield Park 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 13,167 in Ridgefield Park). Ridgefield Park has the higher median household income ($98,184 vs $64,152 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($512,100 vs $459,400 in Ridgefield Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
Population	14,920	13,167
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,152	$98,184
Median home value	$512,100	$459,400
Median gross rent	$1,597	$1,633
Housing units	5,724	5,389
Homeownership rate	34.8%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
Population	14,258 → 14,920 (+4.6%)	12,922 → 13,167 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$57,698 → $64,152 (+11.2%)	$86,923 → $98,184 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$364,900 → $512,100 (+40.3%)	$349,100 → $459,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,597 (+8.9%)	$1,368 → $1,633 (+19.4%)

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

Ridgefield Park

Population

12,92213,167

Median household income

$86,923$98,184

Median home value

$349,100$459,400

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
Under 5	5.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	33.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	49.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
No high school diploma	26.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
Drove alone	51.3%	62.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.5%
Public transit	16.2%	11.2%
Walked	3.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.9%
Other means	5.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
1-unit, detached	20.9%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	42.5%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	15.1%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Ridgefield Park
Poverty rate	17.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1957	1947