Fanwood vs Kenilworth

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

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

Kenilworth has the higher population (8,339 vs 7,714 in Fanwood). Fanwood has the higher median household income ($176,667 vs $126,295 in Kenilworth). Fanwood has the higher median home value ($610,600 vs $521,100 in Kenilworth).

Population, income & housing

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
Population	7,714	8,339
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$176,667	$126,295
Median home value	$610,600	$521,100
Median gross rent	$2,368	$2,119
Housing units	2,783	3,058
Homeownership rate	86.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
Population	7,660 → 7,714 (+0.7%)	8,161 → 8,339 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$147,905 → $176,667 (+19.4%)	$93,208 → $126,295 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$467,800 → $610,600 (+30.5%)	$345,500 → $521,100 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,710 → $2,368 (-12.6%)	$1,521 → $2,119 (+39.3%)

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

Kenilworth

Population

8,1618,339

Median household income

$93,208$126,295

Median home value

$345,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,521$2,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
Under 5	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.5%
75 and over	7.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	60.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	11.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
Drove alone	58.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.9%
Public transit	11.7%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
1-unit, detached	84.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fanwood	Kenilworth
Poverty rate	1.4%	6.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	43	25
Median year structure built	1954	1955