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Fair Lawn borough, Bergen County, NJ

35,610 Population
5.1 square miles 6,934.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 42 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$57,795 ±$3,192 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bergen County: $63,735 ±$819
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$144,574 ±$12,614 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bergen County: $124,884 ±$1,735
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

6.1% ±1.8% (2,157  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 6.8% 64,606 (±0.3% / ±3,161)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

31.3 minutes ±1.3 (432,740  ±33,399) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bergen County: 31.2 12,369,260 (±0.3 / ±180,718)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

12,229 ±536 Number of households
  • Bergen County: 355,127 ±1,060
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.9 ±0.1 (35,456  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 951,520 (±0 / ±195)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

3.3% ±1.2% (271  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bergen County: 5.1% 11,127 (±0.4% / ±894)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

12,500 ±507 Number of housing units
  • Bergen County: 369,613 ±176
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$564,700 ±$19,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bergen County: $623,000 ±$4,306
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

6.1% ±1.5% (2,146  ±531.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bergen County: 8.8% 83,602 (±0.4% / ±3,724)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

96.6% ±4% (22,924  ±1,197.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 636,401 (±0.9% / ±6,166.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
63.3% ±3.5% (15,031  ±958.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 53.1% 363,985 (±0.7% / ±4,501.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

31.4% ±2.8% (11,168  ±995) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Bergen County: 31.8% 305,966
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.1% ±0.7% (814  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Bergen County: 2.9% 22,085 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
814 Total veterans ±186 759 Male ±185 55 Female ±45

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