Fair Lawn vs Hackensack

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

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

Hackensack has the higher population (45,768 vs 35,153 in Fair Lawn). Fair Lawn has the higher median household income ($147,952 vs $82,212 in Hackensack). Fair Lawn has the higher median home value ($532,700 vs $370,300 in Hackensack).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
Population	35,153	45,768
Median age	39.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$147,952	$82,212
Median home value	$532,700	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,908	$1,794
Housing units	12,392	21,405
Homeownership rate	79.3%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
Population	33,017 → 35,153 (+6.5%)	44,339 → 45,768 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$123,159 → $147,952 (+20.1%)	$70,090 → $82,212 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$424,000 → $532,700 (+25.6%)	$296,300 → $370,300 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,908 (+22.3%)	$1,440 → $1,794 (+24.6%)

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

Hackensack

Population

44,33945,768

Median household income

$70,090$82,212

Median home value

$296,300$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.0%
75 and over	6.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	27.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
No high school diploma	3.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	15.2%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
Drove alone	62.6%	60.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.1%
Public transit	11.4%	13.2%
Walked	0.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
1-unit, detached	75.4%	22.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	49.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Lawn	Hackensack
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1953	1967