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About Hawthorne
Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, USHawthorne 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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Housing in Hawthorne
The typical Hawthorne home is worth about $647,000, up 6% in a year, 11% above the New Jersey typical home.
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Safety in Hawthorne
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Hawthorne reports less crime per resident than 80% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Hawthorne
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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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