Bradley Beach vs Fairview

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

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

Bradley Beach has the higher population (4,264 vs 3,950 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($170,395 vs $94,722 in Bradley Beach). Bradley Beach has the higher median home value ($857,200 vs $595,000 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
Population	4,264	3,950
Median age	46.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,722	$170,395
Median home value	$857,200	$595,000
Median gross rent	$1,710	$3,046
Housing units	2,836	1,468
Homeownership rate	48.3%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
Population	4,193 → 4,264 (+1.7%)	3,742 → 3,950 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $94,722 (+47.4%)	$150,500 → $170,395 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$567,400 → $857,200 (+51.1%)	$428,300 → $595,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,348 → $1,710 (+26.9%)	$2,333 → $3,046 (+30.6%)

Bradley Beach

Population

4,1934,264

Median household income

$64,246$94,722

Median home value

$567,400$857,200

Median gross rent

$1,348$1,710

Fairview

Population

3,7423,950

Median household income

$150,500$170,395

Median home value

$428,300$595,000

Median gross rent

$2,333$3,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
Under 5	1.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	25.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	5.5%	21.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.8%
75 and over	10.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	12.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
Drove alone	57.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	1.9%
Public transit	4.8%	11.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	13.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
1-unit, detached	50.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradley Beach	Fairview
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1970	1957