Fanwood vs New Providence

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

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

New Providence has the higher population (13,577 vs 7,714 in Fanwood). Fanwood has the higher median household income ($176,667 vs $162,877 in New Providence). New Providence has the higher median home value ($734,300 vs $610,600 in Fanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fanwood	New Providence
Population	7,714	13,577
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$176,667	$162,877
Median home value	$610,600	$734,300
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,906
Housing units	2,783	5,500
Homeownership rate	86.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fanwood	New Providence
Population	7,660 → 7,714 (+0.7%)	13,049 → 13,577 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$147,905 → $176,667 (+19.4%)	$143,672 → $162,877 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$467,800 → $610,600 (+30.5%)	$607,100 → $734,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,710 → $2,368 (-12.6%)	$1,733 → $1,906 (+10.0%)

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

New Providence

Population

13,04913,577

Median household income

$143,672$162,877

Median home value

$607,100$734,300

Median gross rent

$1,733$1,906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fanwood	New Providence
Under 5	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.9%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fanwood	New Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	68.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fanwood	New Providence
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	11.7%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fanwood	New Providence
Drove alone	58.5%	55.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.4%
Public transit	11.7%	11.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	27.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fanwood	New Providence
1-unit, detached	84.8%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fanwood	New Providence
Poverty rate	1.4%	2.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	43	34
Median year structure built	1954	1963