Fanwood vs Garwood

A side-by-side comparison of Fanwood and Garwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fanwood has the higher population (7,714 vs 4,688 in Garwood). Fanwood has the higher median household income ($176,667 vs $100,948 in Garwood). Fanwood has the higher median home value ($610,600 vs $509,800 in Garwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fanwood	Garwood
Population	7,714	4,688
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$176,667	$100,948
Median home value	$610,600	$509,800
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,603
Housing units	2,783	2,093
Homeownership rate	86.5%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fanwood	Garwood
Population	7,660 → 7,714 (+0.7%)	4,338 → 4,688 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$147,905 → $176,667 (+19.4%)	$88,892 → $100,948 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$467,800 → $610,600 (+30.5%)	$380,800 → $509,800 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,710 → $2,368 (-12.6%)	$1,551 → $1,603 (+3.4%)

Fanwood

Population

7,6607,714

Median household income

$147,905$176,667

Median home value

$467,800$610,600

Median gross rent

$2,710$2,368

Garwood

Population

4,3384,688

Median household income

$88,892$100,948

Median home value

$380,800$509,800

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fanwood	Garwood
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fanwood	Garwood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	69.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fanwood	Garwood
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	11.7%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fanwood	Garwood
Drove alone	58.5%	68.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.9%
Public transit	11.7%	7.8%
Walked	0.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fanwood	Garwood
1-unit, detached	84.8%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	37.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fanwood	Garwood
Poverty rate	1.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	43	30
Median year structure built	1954	1953