Fair Lawn vs Paramus

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

Fair Lawn and Paramus 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 26,500 in Paramus). Fair Lawn has the higher median household income ($147,952 vs $139,707 in Paramus). Paramus has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $532,700 in Fair Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
Population	35,153	26,500
Median age	39.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$147,952	$139,707
Median home value	$532,700	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,908	$2,845
Housing units	12,392	8,898
Homeownership rate	79.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
Population	33,017 → 35,153 (+6.5%)	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$123,159 → $147,952 (+20.1%)	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$424,000 → $532,700 (+25.6%)	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,908 (+22.3%)	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)

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

Paramus

Population

26,50326,500

Median household income

$128,306$139,707

Median home value

$600,200$736,000

Median gross rent

$2,011$2,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.9%
75 and over	6.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	13.4%	23.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	15.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
Drove alone	62.6%	63.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.7%
Public transit	11.4%	7.8%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.9%	21.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
1-unit, detached	75.4%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Lawn	Paramus
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1953	1963