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About Fair Lawn
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, USFair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a bedroom suburb located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 34,927, an increase of 2,470 (+7.6%) from the 2010 census count of 32,457, which in turn reflected an increase of 820 (+2.6%) from the 31,637 counted in the 2000 census. Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, as "Fairlawn", from portions of Saddle River Township. The name was taken from Fairlawn, David Acker's estate home, that was built in 1865 and later became the Fair Lawn Municipal Building. In 1933, the official spell…
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Housing in Fair Lawn
The typical Fair Lawn home is worth about $729,000, up 7.3% in a year, 26% above the New Jersey typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Fair Lawn
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Fair Lawn's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Fair Lawn
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The public schools Fair Lawn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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