Fairview vs Oakhurst

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (3,950 vs 3,811 in Oakhurst). Fairview has the higher median household income ($170,395 vs $142,727 in Oakhurst). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $595,000 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Oakhurst
Population	3,950	3,811
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$170,395	$142,727
Median home value	$595,000	$644,400
Median gross rent	$3,046	$3,279
Housing units	1,468	1,458
Homeownership rate	92.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Oakhurst
Population	3,742 → 3,950 (+5.6%)	3,804 → 3,811 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$150,500 → $170,395 (+13.2%)	$121,369 → $142,727 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$428,300 → $595,000 (+38.9%)	$398,900 → $644,400 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,333 → $3,046 (+30.6%)	$3,068 → $3,279 (+6.9%)

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

Oakhurst

Population

3,8043,811

Median household income

$121,369$142,727

Median home value

$398,900$644,400

Median gross rent

$3,068$3,279

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Oakhurst
Under 5	5.8%	13.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	21.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.7%
75 and over	5.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Oakhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.3%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Oakhurst
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Oakhurst
Drove alone	73.2%	69.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.0%
Public transit	11.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Oakhurst
1-unit, detached	94.1%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Oakhurst
Poverty rate	0.8%	1.1%
Average household size	2.74	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	42	24
Median year structure built	1957	1965