About Fanwood

Fanwood is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,174 people and just one neighborhood, Fanwood is the 273rd largest community in New Jersey.

Fanwood is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fanwood is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fanwood who work in management occupations (16.74%), office and administrative support jobs (14.59%), and sales jobs (13.47%).

Also of interest is that Fanwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Fanwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Fanwood is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Fanwood's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Fanwood, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.81 minutes every day commuting to work.

Fanwood is a relatively small borough, but even so, a fairly large number of people use the train to get to and from work. Many of these people travel out of town to the central city in the region.

Fanwood Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Fanwood is a pretty powerful place. 50.97% of the adults in Fanwood have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Fanwood in 2000 was $34,804, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,216 for a family of four. However, Fanwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fanwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fanwood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fanwood include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, English, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Fanwood is English. Some people also speak Spanish.