What is the population of Fair Lawn borough?

Fair Lawn borough has 35,153 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Fair Lawn borough?

Median household income in Fair Lawn borough is $147,952 a year, 88.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fair Lawn borough?

Median gross rent is $1,908 a month and the median home value is $532,700, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.

Is Fair Lawn borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fair Lawn borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fair Lawn, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fair Lawn, New Jersey (Fair Lawn, NJ — Census place “Fair Lawn borough”) is 35,153 residents, ranking #27 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $147,952, the median home is worth $532,700 and median gross rent runs $1,908 a month. Looking for the Fair Lawn New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fair Lawn, NJ: 07410.

Population: 35,153Fair Lawn borough residents
Median household income: $147,952Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $532,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,908Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.3%Owner-occupied households

Fair Lawn ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fair Lawn.

The Fair Lawn NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

07410

What the numbers mean in Fair Lawn borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fair Lawn borough median would spend about 15.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.1% of residents and 79.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fair Lawn borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fair Lawn borough is a small city in New Jersey, with 35,153 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 39.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fair Lawn borough earn a median of $147,952 a year, 88.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 38% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fair Lawn borough is valued at $532,700, 75.6% above the national figure and 29% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,908 a month, 35.7% above the national figure, or roughly $22,896 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 79.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fair Lawn borough?: Fair Lawn borough has 35,153 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Fair Lawn borough?: Median household income in Fair Lawn borough is $147,952 a year, 88.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fair Lawn borough?: Median gross rent is $1,908 a month and the median home value is $532,700, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.
Is Fair Lawn borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fair Lawn borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fair Lawn borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.