Fair Lawn vs Scotch Plains, 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, $3,400 less than $15,818 in Scotch Plains. Both are above the NJ average of $10,340.

• Median sale priceFair Lawn $690,000 vs Scotch Plains $960,000
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  The median single-family sale price is $690,000 in Fair Lawn and $960,000 in Scotch Plains, $270,000 more (GSMLS, 2025 closed sales).

• Monthly cost estimateFair Lawn $5,433 vs Scotch Plains $7,073
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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 Scotch Plains to $7,073, a gap of $1,640.

• Peak commuteFair Lawn 39 min vs Scotch Plains 48.4 min
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  Peak commute is 39 minutes in Fair Lawn and 48.4 minutes in Scotch Plains, 9.4 minutes shorter in Fair Lawn.

• Higher school resultsFair Lawn: 4-year graduation, ELA, math
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  On the district results, Fair Lawn's district is higher on 4-year graduation (97.2% vs 97.0%), ELA (76.6% vs 71.0%) and math (69.6% vs 63.0%).

Figures are from the data file, version 2.5.3. Estimates are labeled. Sources and dates are in each section below. Add a third town in the compare tool.