Fairview vs Tenafly

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

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

Tenafly has the higher population (15,252 vs 14,920 in Fairview). Tenafly has the higher median household income ($208,088 vs $64,152 in Fairview). Tenafly has the higher median home value ($974,300 vs $512,100 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Tenafly
Population	14,920	15,252
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,152	$208,088
Median home value	$512,100	$974,300
Median gross rent	$1,597	$3,143
Housing units	5,724	5,415
Homeownership rate	34.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Tenafly
Population	14,258 → 14,920 (+4.6%)	14,632 → 15,252 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$57,698 → $64,152 (+11.2%)	$172,926 → $208,088 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$364,900 → $512,100 (+40.3%)	$829,600 → $974,300 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,597 (+8.9%)	$2,271 → $3,143 (+38.4%)

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

Tenafly

Population

14,63215,252

Median household income

$172,926$208,088

Median home value

$829,600$974,300

Median gross rent

$2,271$3,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Tenafly
Under 5	5.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	28.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	4.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.8%
75 and over	6.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Tenafly
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	58.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Tenafly
No high school diploma	26.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Tenafly
Drove alone	51.3%	56.8%
Carpooled	16.6%	5.9%
Public transit	16.2%	13.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	23.7%
Other means	5.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Tenafly
1-unit, detached	20.9%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	42.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	15.1%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Tenafly
Poverty rate	17.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1957	1957