Dividing Creek vs Fairton

A side-by-side comparison of Dividing Creek and Fairton: population, income, housing, and more.

Dividing Creek 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 595 in Dividing Creek). Dividing Creek has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $62,250 in Fairton). Fairton has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $125,000 in Dividing Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
Population	595	918
Median age	29.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$62,250
Median home value	$125,000	$171,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,553
Housing units	185	417
Homeownership rate	75.7%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
Population	453 → 595 (+31.3%)	980 → 918 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$57,946 → $68,125 (+17.6%)	$48,438 → $62,250 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$157,400 → $125,000 (-20.6%)	$148,100 → $171,300 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $587 (+22.3%)	$965 → $1,553 (+60.9%)

Dividing Creek

Population

453595

Median household income

$57,946$68,125

Median home value

$157,400$125,000

Median gross rent

$480$587

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)

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
Under 5	6.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	34.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	21.5%
35 to 44	6.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.2%
75 and over	9.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	50.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.8%	12.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	46.7%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
Drove alone	81.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Dividing Creek	Fairton
Poverty rate	5.4%	13.2%
Average household size	3.22	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1956	1959