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A borough of 19,628 people in New Jersey
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Map of Hawthorne: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land5.2%111 of 2,132 acres
Trails3.7 mi1.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves36 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Hawthorne

Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
19,637Population
3.3 sq miArea
82 ftElevation

Hawthorne is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 19,637, an increase of 846 (+4.5%) from the 2010 census count of 18,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 573 (+3.1%) from the 18,218 counted in the 2000 census. Hawthorne was established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 24, 1898. The borough was created from parts of the now-defunct Manchester Township, which also consisted of present-day Haledon, North Haledon, Prospect Park, Totowa, and parts of Fair Lawn and Paterson. The borough was named for novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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ZIP code07506, 07507
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Housing in Hawthorne

$647K▲ 6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Hawthorne home is worth about $647,000, up 6% in a year, 11% above the New Jersey typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market24
Sale-to-list106.9%
Sold in May16
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Safety in Hawthorne

A−

Safety Grade A-

Hawthorne reports less crime per resident than 80% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Hawthorne 0.1
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Hawthorne 5.7
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Hawthorne’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictHawthorne Public School DistrictSchools7

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.

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