Fair Lawn vs Garfield

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

Fair Lawn and Garfield 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 32,502 in Garfield). Fair Lawn has the higher median household income ($147,952 vs $75,701 in Garfield). Fair Lawn has the higher median home value ($532,700 vs $454,300 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
Population	35,153	32,502
Median age	39.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$147,952	$75,701
Median home value	$532,700	$454,300
Median gross rent	$1,908	$1,612
Housing units	12,392	12,234
Homeownership rate	79.3%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
Population	33,017 → 35,153 (+6.5%)	31,645 → 32,502 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$123,159 → $147,952 (+20.1%)	$62,939 → $75,701 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$424,000 → $532,700 (+25.6%)	$338,400 → $454,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,908 (+22.3%)	$1,326 → $1,612 (+21.6%)

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

Garfield

Population

31,64532,502

Median household income

$62,939$75,701

Median home value

$338,400$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,326$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.0%
75 and over	6.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	44.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	15.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
Drove alone	62.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.8%
Public transit	11.4%	6.8%
Walked	0.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.9%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
1-unit, detached	75.4%	21.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	58.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	6.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fair Lawn	Garfield
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.88	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1953	1954