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Fort Lee borough, Bergen County, NJ

40,067 Population
2.5 square miles 15,914.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 42 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$69,104 ±$4,006 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bergen County: $63,735 ±$819
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$107,274 ±$6,993 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bergen County: $124,884 ±$1,735
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

7.8% ±1.4% (3,103  ±574) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 6.8% 64,606 (±0.3% / ±3,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

35.1 minutes ±3.6 (530,795  ±38,497) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 31.2 12,369,260 (±0.3 / ±180,718)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

18,287 ±632 Number of households
  • Bergen County: 355,127 ±1,060
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.2 ±0.1 (40,057  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 951,520 (±0 / ±195)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7.5% ±3.1% (637  ±265) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 5.1% 11,127 (±0.4% / ±894)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

19,679 ±686 Number of housing units
  • Bergen County: 369,613 ±176
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$448,000 ±$44,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bergen County: $623,000 ±$4,306
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

10.7% ±1.5% (4,253  ±608.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 8.8% 83,602 (±0.4% / ±3,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

94.4% ±3.7% (29,133  ±1,328.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 636,401 (±0.9% / ±6,166.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
65.9% ±2.9% (20,318  ±1,030.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 53.1% 363,985 (±0.7% / ±4,501.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

50.1% ±2.4% (20,073  ±956) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 31.8% 305,966
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.8% ±0.6% (601  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bergen County: 2.9% 22,085 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
601 Total veterans ±195 503 Male ±188 98 Female ±76

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