Fairview vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Shrewsbury has the higher population (4,162 vs 3,950 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($170,395 vs $144,500 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($735,900 vs $595,000 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
Population	3,950	4,162
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$170,395	$144,500
Median home value	$595,000	$735,900
Median gross rent	$3,046	$3,300
Housing units	1,468	1,526
Homeownership rate	92.8%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
Population	3,742 → 3,950 (+5.6%)	4,086 → 4,162 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$150,500 → $170,395 (+13.2%)	$124,474 → $144,500 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$428,300 → $595,000 (+38.9%)	$589,400 → $735,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,333 → $3,046 (+30.6%)	$2,735 → $3,300 (+20.7%)

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

Shrewsbury

Population

4,0864,162

Median household income

$124,474$144,500

Median home value

$589,400$735,900

Median gross rent

$2,735$3,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
Under 5	5.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	21.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.4%
75 and over	5.3%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	73.2%	68.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.5%
Public transit	11.0%	7.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	94.1%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	0.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	42	31
Median year structure built	1957	1960