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Borough
Downtown Fairview
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Bergen
Incorporated	December 19, 1894
Government
• Type	Borough
• Body	Borough Council
Area
• Total	0.85 sq mi (2.19 km2)
• Land	0.84 sq mi (2.19 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0.24%
Area rank	520th of 565 in state 68th of 70 in county
Elevation	259 ft (79 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	15,025
• Estimate  (2023)	14,927
• Rank	176th of 565 in state 22nd of 70 in county
• Density	17,802.1/sq mi (6,873.4/km2)
• Density rank	12th of 565 in state 2nd of 70 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07022
Area code(s)	201
FIPS code	3400322560
GNIS feature ID	0885215
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Fairview is a borough located in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. According to the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,025, an increase of 1,190 (+8.6%) from the 2010 census count of 13,835, which in turn reflected an increase of 580 (+4.4%) from the 13,255 counted in the 2000 census.

Fairview was formed on December 19, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The borough is named for its view of the Hackensack River valley.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.85 square miles (2.19 km²), including 0.84 square miles (2.19 km²) of land and <0.01 square miles (<0.01 km²) of water (0.24%).

The borough borders the municipalities of Cliffside Park and Ridgefield in Bergen County; and North Bergen in Hudson County.

Fairview Cemetery and Mount Moriah Cemetery are located along the western slope of the Hudson Palisades.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 13,835 people, 4,853 households, and 3,256 families in the borough. The population density was 16,421.8 per square mile (6,340.5/km²). There were 5,150 housing units at an average density of 6,112.9 per square mile (2,360.2/km²). The racial makeup was 66.40% (9,186) White, 2.94% (407) Black or African American, 0.66% (92) Native American, 4.63% (640) Asian, 0.03% (4) Pacific Islander, 19.66% (2,720) from other races, and 5.68% (786) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 54.63% (7,558) of the population. The city's Hispanic population was the 12th-highest percentage among municipalities in New Jersey as of the 2010 Census.

Of the 4,853 households, 28.8% had children under the age of 18; 42.7% were married couples living together; 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 32.9% were non-families. Of all households, 26.0% were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.34.

19.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 111.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 114.2 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $43,341 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,441) and the median family income was $53,285 (+/− $6,982). Males had a median income of $36,241 (+/− $8,067) versus $32,069 (+/− $7,902) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $22,477 (+/− $1,520). About 11.4% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.2% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Musical groups from the borough include hardcore punk band Ripface Invasion.

Education

The Fairview Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,557 students and 104.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Lincoln School Annex with 253 students in grades PreK-K, Number 3 School / Number Three School Annex with 680 students in grades 1-4 and Lincoln School with 596 students in grades 5-8.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from Fairview attend Cliffside Park High School in Cliffside Park as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Cliffside Park School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,192 students and 93.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. The Fairview Board of Education appoints a representative to serve on the Board of the Cliffside Park district.

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.

Transportation

View south along U.S. Route 1/9 in Fairview

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 17.16 miles (27.62 km) of roadways, of which 13.48 miles (21.69 km) were maintained by the municipality, 2.13 miles (3.43 km) by Bergen County and 1.55 miles (2.49 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 1/9, Route 63 and County Route 501 travel through Fairview, with the southern terminus of Route 63 at Fairview.

Public transportation

Fairview is served by NJ Transit bus routes 127, 128, 154, 156, 159, 165, 166 and 168, which provide service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan; the 181 to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal; the 83 to Jersey City; and local service on the 751 and 755 routes. Many of these routes converge at the border with Hudson County at Nungessers.

The privately owned FT 9X operates between Nungesser's (at 90th Street and Bergenline Avenue) in North Bergen, Hudson County to the GWB Bus Terminal via Palisade Avenue; this last route passes through Fairview for one block between Hamilton Avenue / Woodcliff Avenue to Anderson Avenue / Woodcliff Avenue.

NJ Transit plans to extend the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail through Fairview as part of the Northern Branch Corridor Project, which would run along the Northern Branch right-of-way. The plans include a stop near the county line in North Bergen at 91st Street.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Fairview include:

• Kyle Anderson (born 1993), UCLA Bruins basketball player who was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs
• Simon Douglas (1843–1950), former slave who lived to become the last Civil War soldier in the state of New Jersey
• Vicki Genfan (born 1959), fingerstyle guitarist, composer and singer
• Hadi Matar (born c. 1997), alleged attacker of Salman Rushdie
• Caitlin Sanchez (born 1996), actress known as the voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer
• John Scarne (1903–1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks
• Julia Scotti, transgender stand-up comedian

See also

In Spanish: Fairview (condado de Bergen, Nueva Jersey) para niños