Fair Lawn vs Millburn (Short Hills), NJ

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• Lower tax billFair Lawn, $12,418 a year
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  Fair Lawn has the lower 2025 average residential tax bill: $12,418 a year, $13,880 less than $26,298 in Millburn (Short Hills). Both are above the NJ average of $10,340.

• Median sale priceFair Lawn $690,000 vs Millburn (Short Hills) $2,031,500
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  The median single-family sale price is $690,000 in Fair Lawn and $2,031,500 in Millburn (Short Hills), $1,341,500 more (GSMLS, 2025 closed sales).

• Monthly cost estimateFair Lawn $5,433 vs Millburn (Short Hills) $14,174
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  On the site's monthly cost estimate (mortgage, property tax, insurance and NJ Transit pass, each on the town's headline median sale price, the same math as the calculator), Fair Lawn comes to $5,433 a month and Millburn (Short Hills) to $14,174, a gap of $8,741.

• Peak commuteFair Lawn 39 min vs Millburn (Short Hills) 34 min
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  Peak commute is 39 minutes in Fair Lawn and 34 minutes in Millburn (Short Hills), 5 minutes shorter in Millburn (Short Hills).

• NJ Transit passFair Lawn $276 vs Millburn (Short Hills) $309
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  The NJ Transit monthly pass to NY Penn is $276 in Fair Lawn and $309 in Millburn (Short Hills), $33 more.

• Higher school resultsMillburn (Short Hills): 4-year graduation, ELA, math
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  On the district results, Millburn (Short Hills)'s district is higher on 4-year graduation (99.7% vs 97.2%), ELA (85.3% vs 76.6%) and math (85.2% vs 69.6%).

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