Fair Lawn is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 35,279 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Fair Lawn is the 47th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Fair Lawn are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.Fair Lawn is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.77% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fair Lawn is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fair Lawn who work in management occupations (13.04%), teaching (11.43%), and business and financial occupations (10.53%). Also of interest is that Fair Lawn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Fair Lawn telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.83% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Fair Lawn is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Fair Lawn a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Fair Lawn has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Fair Lawn’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. One downside of living in Fair Lawn is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fair Lawn, the average commute to work is 31.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Although the majority of commuting trips in the borough are by private automobile, Fair Lawn is somewhat unusual for a borough of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Fair Lawn area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fair Lawn, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fair Lawn is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.02% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Fair Lawn in 2022 was $60,255, 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 $241,020 for a family of four. Fair Lawn is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fair Lawn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Lawn residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Fair Lawn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.13% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fair Lawn include Italian, Polish, Russian, German, and Irish. In addition, Fair Lawn has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (31.20%). The most common language spoken in Fair Lawn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
