Bergenfield vs Fair Lawn

A side-by-side comparison of Bergenfield and Fair Lawn: population, income, housing, and more.

Bergenfield and Fair Lawn are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fair Lawn has the higher population (35,153 vs 28,269 in Bergenfield). Fair Lawn has the higher median household income ($147,952 vs $124,083 in Bergenfield). Fair Lawn has the higher median home value ($532,700 vs $469,200 in Bergenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
Population	28,269	35,153
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$147,952
Median home value	$469,200	$532,700
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,908
Housing units	9,677	12,392
Homeownership rate	70.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	33,017 → 35,153 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$123,159 → $147,952 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$424,000 → $532,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$1,560 → $1,908 (+22.3%)

Bergenfield

Population

27,37328,269

Median household income

$96,335$124,083

Median home value

$358,200$469,200

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,744

Fair Lawn

Population

33,01735,153

Median household income

$123,159$147,952

Median home value

$424,000$532,700

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.1%
75 and over	6.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	66.3%
Black or African American	8.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	26.4%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	23.9%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
Drove alone	71.0%	62.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.0%
Public transit	11.2%	11.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	18.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
1-unit, detached	69.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Fair Lawn
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1955	1953