Paterson vs Fair Lawn
Paterson and Fair Lawn on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
FHousingC−
Fair Lawn +33 pts
FSchoolsA
Fair Lawn +54 pts
D+Cost of livingC+
Fair Lawn +13 pts
CCommuteD
Paterson +14 pts
AAmenitiesB
Paterson +13 pts
FEmploymentC
Fair Lawn +44 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$360kMedian home value$565k
$1,548Median rent$1,917
22.6 minMean commute31.3 min
$56kMedian household income$145k
2.28%Effective property tax2.10%
8th pctWithin-state proficiency86th pct
146Restaurants & cafés57
158,735Population35,610
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.