Far Hills vs Flagtown

A side-by-side comparison of Far Hills and Flagtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Far Hills has the higher population (1,004 vs 985 in Flagtown). Flagtown has the higher median household income ($220,677 vs $152,188 in Far Hills). Far Hills has the higher median home value ($798,900 vs $650,200 in Flagtown).

Population, income & housing

	Far Hills	Flagtown
Population	1,004	985
Median age	49.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$152,188	$220,677
Median home value	$798,900	$650,200
Median gross rent	$1,495	—
Housing units	435	335
Homeownership rate	82.7%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	65.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Far Hills	Flagtown
Population	860 → 1,004 (+16.7%)	967 → 985 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$127,639 → $152,188 (+19.2%)	$152,500 → $220,677 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$789,100 → $798,900 (+1.2%)	$468,800 → $650,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $1,495 (-31.0%)	—

Far Hills

Population

8601,004

Median household income

$127,639$152,188

Median home value

$789,100$798,900

Median gross rent

$2,167$1,495

Flagtown

Population

967985

Median household income

$152,500$220,677

Median home value

$468,800$650,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Far Hills	Flagtown
Under 5	1.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	4.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	16.5%	11.9%
75 and over	8.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Far Hills	Flagtown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Far Hills	Flagtown
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Far Hills	Flagtown
Drove alone	68.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Far Hills	Flagtown
1-unit, detached	60.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Far Hills	Flagtown
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1989	1987