Fair Lawn vs South Orange (Village), 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, $10,302 less than $22,720 in South Orange (Village). Both are above the NJ average of $10,340.

• Median sale priceFair Lawn $690,000 vs South Orange (Village) $1,130,000
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  The median single-family sale price is $690,000 in Fair Lawn and $1,130,000 in South Orange (Village), $440,000 more (GSMLS, 2025 closed sales).

• Monthly cost estimateFair Lawn $5,433 vs South Orange (Village) $8,870
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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 South Orange (Village) to $8,870, a gap of $3,437.

• Peak commuteFair Lawn 39 min vs South Orange (Village) 31 min
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  Peak commute is 39 minutes in Fair Lawn and 31 minutes in South Orange (Village), 8 minutes shorter in South Orange (Village).

• NJ Transit passSouth Orange (Village) $255 vs Fair Lawn $276
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  The NJ Transit monthly pass to NY Penn is $255 in South Orange (Village) and $276 in Fair Lawn, $21 more.

• 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 93.2%), ELA (76.6% vs 70.4%) and math (69.6% vs 56.8%).

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.