Carlls Corner vs Fairton

A side-by-side comparison of Carlls Corner and Fairton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairton has the higher population (918 vs 845 in Carlls Corner). Carlls Corner has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $62,250 in Fairton). Carlls Corner has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $171,300 in Fairton).

Population, income & housing

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
Population	845	918
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,500	$62,250
Median home value	$196,400	$171,300
Median gross rent	$1,652	$1,553
Housing units	347	417
Homeownership rate	77.8%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
Population	577 → 845 (+46.4%)	980 → 918 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$63,654 → $80,500 (+26.5%)	$48,438 → $62,250 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$179,800 → $196,400 (+9.2%)	$148,100 → $171,300 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,652 (+30.2%)	$965 → $1,553 (+60.9%)

Carlls Corner

Population

577845

Median household income

$63,654$80,500

Median home value

$179,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,652

Fairton

Population

980918

Median household income

$48,438$62,250

Median home value

$148,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$965$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
Under 5	7.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	21.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	3.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	11.2%
75 and over	7.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	50.3%
Black or African American	17.3%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	12.1%
Asian	3.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
No high school diploma	6.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	47.0%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
Drove alone	89.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
1-unit, detached	79.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Carlls Corner	Fairton
Poverty rate	8.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1960	1959