Fairton vs Newport

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

Fairton and Newport 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 551 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($64,327 vs $62,250 in Fairton). Newport has the higher median home value ($197,500 vs $171,300 in Fairton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairton	Newport
Population	918	551
Median age	38.3 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,250	$64,327
Median home value	$171,300	$197,500
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,594
Housing units	417	312
Homeownership rate	69.1%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairton	Newport
Population	980 → 918 (-6.3%)	425 → 551 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $62,250 (+28.5%)	$53,182 → $64,327 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $171,300 (+15.7%)	$159,300 → $197,500 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,553 (+60.9%)	$1,313 → $1,594 (+21.4%)

Fairton

Population

980918

Median household income

$48,438$62,250

Median home value

$148,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$965$1,553

Newport

Population

425551

Median household income

$53,182$64,327

Median home value

$159,300$197,500

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairton	Newport
Under 5	8.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	21.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	27.6%
75 and over	7.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairton	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	22.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairton	Newport
No high school diploma	13.8%	20.1%
High school graduate	53.9%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairton	Newport
Drove alone	87.9%	96.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairton	Newport
1-unit, detached	73.1%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairton	Newport
Poverty rate	13.2%	20.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1959	1938