Fanwood, New Jersey

Fanwood population, 2020 to 2024

Fanwood added 219 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +186. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Fanwood is 71% of it.

Fanwood covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 5,946 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Fanwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Fanwood is in

All of Fanwood's residents live in Union County, which had 594,160 residents in 2024. Fanwood holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fanwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fanwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07023. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fanwood is

The Census internal point of Fanwood is at 40.641700, -74.385700. Trenton, the capital, is 35.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westfield, NJ (32,050 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 10.2 miles away.

Daylight in Fanwood

At 40.64° N, Fanwood gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fanwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Westfield, 2.3 miles away, with 32,050 people.