Englewood vs Fair Lawn

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

Englewood 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 29,342 in Englewood). Fair Lawn has the higher median household income ($147,952 vs $101,398 in Englewood). Fair Lawn has the higher median home value ($532,700 vs $497,500 in Englewood).

Population, income & housing

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
Population	29,342	35,153
Median age	43.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,398	$147,952
Median home value	$497,500	$532,700
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,908
Housing units	12,047	12,392
Homeownership rate	52.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
Population	28,353 → 29,342 (+3.5%)	33,017 → 35,153 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$85,899 → $101,398 (+18.0%)	$123,159 → $147,952 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$388,300 → $497,500 (+28.1%)	$424,000 → $532,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,925 (+31.0%)	$1,560 → $1,908 (+22.3%)

Englewood

Population

28,35329,342

Median household income

$85,899$101,398

Median home value

$388,300$497,500

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,925

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)

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
Under 5	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	66.3%
Black or African American	18.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	13.0%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	3.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
No high school diploma	10.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
Drove alone	59.8%	62.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.0%
Public transit	10.6%	11.4%
Walked	7.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.8%	18.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
1-unit, detached	39.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	6.9%
20 or more units	27.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Englewood	Fair Lawn
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1959	1953