In Fairview, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.19 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Fairview is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of Fairview are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.63% of adults in Fairview having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fairview in 2022 was $38,915, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,660 for a family of four. However, Fairview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fairview is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fairview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fairview, accounting for 62.87% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fairview residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fairview include Italian, Irish, Croatian, Palestinian, and French.
Fairview also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 47.87%.
The most common language spoken in Fairview is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Arabic.
