Found within zip codes: 07410
Popular real estate near Fair Lawn, NJ (Berdan Ave / River Rd)
Berdan Ave / River Rd median real estate prices are $365,854, which is more expensive than 72.8% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 85.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
Average rental prices in Berdan Ave / River Rd are currently $1,234, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 78.8% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey.
Berdan Ave / River Rd is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
Berdan Ave / River Rd real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Berdan Ave / River Rd, the current vacancy rate is 3.1%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 91.6% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Berdan Ave / River Rd is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood CharacteristicsThe way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Notable & Unique: DiversityDid you know that the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 0.8% have Armenian ancestry.
Berdan Ave / River Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Hebrew at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Notable & Unique: PeopleIf you're a regular supporter of the arts and enjoy outings to the theatre, weekend boutique-ing, or even a finely aged wine with dinner, than you're in good company with the people of the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood. This neighborhood is uniquely immersed with more "urban sophisticates" than 95.7% of neighborhoods across the country. The people here truly stand out as a class among their own. They are an exclusive community characterized by refined tastes, cultural inclinations, and the means to live well. Urban sophisticates live a big city lifestyle, whether or not they live in or near a big city. They are educated executives or managers by week, and serial patrons of the arts by weekend. If this lifestyle pertains to you, than you'll certainly feel right at home in the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for urban sophisticates, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students and families with school-aged children.
The Neighbors The Neighbors: IncomeHow wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood in Fair Lawn are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 92.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 65.6% of America's neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: OccupationsWhat we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle. In the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood, 45.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.2%), and 16.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / AncestryCulture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood in Fair Lawn, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (16.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.3%) , and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%) , and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (8.5%) , along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.9%), among others. In addition, 19.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
The Neighbors: LanguagesThe languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 73.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Russian, Hebrew and South Asian languages.
Getting to WorkHow you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (6.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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| RENTAL PRICE | High cost relative to NJ, very high cost relative to the nation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER | DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Urban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Single-family homes and a few Small apartment buildings |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms) and a few Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) and some Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1999) |
| HOMEOWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | Mostly Urban Sophisticates, Walkable and Hip & Trendy |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | Mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children) and some Seniors (people 65 and over) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 9 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | Mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers and some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY | Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Italian ancestry, some Hispanic, some Irish ancestry, some East Asian, some Puerto Rican, some Asian Indian, some Arabian and some Black |
| LANGUAGES | Mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking and some Russian speaking |
| SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD * | GRADES |
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FAIR LAWN HIGH
14 00 BERDAN AVE, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 (201) 794-5455 |
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MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
12 00 FIRST ST, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 (201) 794-5470 |
06-08 |
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JOHN A FORREST
10 00 HOPPER AVE, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 (201) 794-5565 |
KG-05 |
* Depending on where you live in this neighborhood, your children may attend these schools or other schools outside the neighborhood. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 70.6 | 51.5 |
| BLACK (%) | 2.2 | 16.7 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 13.7 | 22.1 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 12.9 | 8.6 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 8.9 | 31.8 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $9,230 | $44,311,000 | 51.2 |
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| STUDENT | $2,097 | $10,070,000 | 11.6 |
| STAFF | $385 | $1,848,000 | 2.1 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $437 | $2,096,000 | 2.4 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $1,005 | $4,827,000 | 5.6 |
| OPERATION | $1,770 | $8,496,000 | 9.8 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $558 | $2,677,000 | 3.1 |
| OTHER | $545 | $2,617,000 | 3.0 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $6,797 | $32,631,000 | 37.7 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,013 | $9,663,000 | 11.2 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $18,039 | $86,605,000 | 100.0 |
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| ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 45.4 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 7.2 |
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| SINCE 1990 | 96.57% | 2.98% | 6 | 5 |
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Berdan Ave / River Rd neighborhood appreciation rates are for subscribers only. Fair Lawn, NJ appreciation rates (city-wide averages) are open to all visitors.
National Median 3.9
My chances of becoming a victim
in Berdan Ave / River Rd SUBSCRIBE FOR DETAIL
in Fair Lawn 1 in 1167
in New Jersey 1 in 324
National Median 29.1
My chances of becoming a victim
in Berdan Ave / River Rd SUBSCRIBE FOR DETAIL
in Fair Lawn 1 in 85
in New Jersey 1 in 46
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