Fanwood vs Mountainside

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

Fanwood and Mountainside 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 6,967 in Mountainside). Mountainside has the higher median household income ($210,100 vs $176,667 in Fanwood). Mountainside has the higher median home value ($755,600 vs $610,600 in Fanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fanwood	Mountainside
Population	7,714	6,967
Median age	42.4 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$176,667	$210,100
Median home value	$610,600	$755,600
Median gross rent	$2,368	$3,501
Housing units	2,783	2,616
Homeownership rate	86.5%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fanwood	Mountainside
Population	7,660 → 7,714 (+0.7%)	6,826 → 6,967 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$147,905 → $176,667 (+19.4%)	$119,000 → $210,100 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$467,800 → $610,600 (+30.5%)	$626,100 → $755,600 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,710 → $2,368 (-12.6%)	$1,739 → $3,501 (+101.3%)

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

Mountainside

Population

6,8266,967

Median household income

$119,000$210,100

Median home value

$626,100$755,600

Median gross rent

$1,739$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fanwood	Mountainside
Under 5	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	2.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.2%
75 and over	7.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fanwood	Mountainside
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	72.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fanwood	Mountainside
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	11.7%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fanwood	Mountainside
Drove alone	58.5%	52.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.1%
Public transit	11.7%	11.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	24.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fanwood	Mountainside
1-unit, detached	84.8%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fanwood	Mountainside
Poverty rate	1.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	43	39
Median year structure built	1954	1958