Fair Lawn is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 35,279 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Fair Lawn is the 47th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Fair Lawn are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Fair Lawn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Fair Lawn telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.83% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Fair Lawn is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Fair Lawn really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fair Lawn perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Fair Lawn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.31 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

For the size of the borough, public transportation in Fair Lawn is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Fair Lawn, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fair Lawn, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fair Lawn is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.02% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Fair Lawn in 2018 was $60,255, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $241,020 for a family of four.

Fair Lawn is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fair Lawn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Lawn residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Fair Lawn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.13% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fair Lawn include Italian, Polish, Russian, German, and Irish.

Fair Lawn also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.20%.

The most common language spoken in Fair Lawn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.