Fanwood vs Vauxhall

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

Fanwood and Vauxhall 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 5,875 in Vauxhall). Fanwood has the higher median household income ($176,667 vs $106,962 in Vauxhall). Fanwood has the higher median home value ($610,600 vs $354,300 in Vauxhall).

Population, income & housing

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
Population	7,714	5,875
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$176,667	$106,962
Median home value	$610,600	$354,300
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,853
Housing units	2,783	1,891
Homeownership rate	86.5%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
Population	7,660 → 7,714 (+0.7%)	5,677 → 5,875 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$147,905 → $176,667 (+19.4%)	$76,371 → $106,962 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$467,800 → $610,600 (+30.5%)	$299,000 → $354,300 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,710 → $2,368 (-12.6%)	$1,680 → $1,853 (+10.3%)

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

Vauxhall

Population

5,6775,875

Median household income

$76,371$106,962

Median home value

$299,000$354,300

Median gross rent

$1,680$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.2%
75 and over	7.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	9.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	72.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
No high school diploma	2.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	11.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
Drove alone	58.5%	69.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.3%
Public transit	11.7%	10.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
1-unit, detached	84.8%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	45.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fanwood	Vauxhall
Poverty rate	1.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.76	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	43	29
Median year structure built	1954	1955