Fair Lawn.
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New Jersey·Bergen County
8 tracts·36K people·$565K median·6,935/mi²
White 65 · Asian 14 · Hispanic 14 · Black 4 · Multiracial 2 · Other 1
Married couple 60 · Living alone 20 · Other 19
Health 35 · Professional 26 · Retail 15 · Manufacturing 10 · Leisure 6 · Public admin 4 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 63 · Sales · office 19 · Service 8 · Production · transport 5 · Construction · maintenance 5
Drive alone 62 · Work from home 20 · Carpool 11 · Transit 10 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Fair Lawn is $564,700 (Census ACS) — 1.2× the US median of $458,812.
Fair Lawn has 35,610 residents across 8 census tracts and 4 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 39.1; the population is 64.9% White, 14.3% Asian, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Black, 2.3% Multiracial and 0.9% Other; the average household has 2.9 people; 63.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 6.1% (Census ACS).
Radburn Elementary School (87%), Warren Point Elementary School (78%) and Henry B. Milnes Elementary School (74%) lead the elementary schools; Thomas Jefferson Middle School (72%) and Memorial Middle School (65%) lead the middle schools; Fair Lawn High School is the high school with reported scores (67%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,917/month, 21% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Fair Lawn is $144,574 a year, 68% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Fair Lawn, median rent is $1,917/month and the median home value is $564,700 (Census ACS).
Fair Lawn reported 0.7 violent crimes and 8.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 25°F; there are 86 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 50 inches; snowfall averages 28 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Fair Lawn are winter weather (85), earthquake (79) and strong wind (78), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.34g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Fair Lawn, 1.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).