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Bergen County (Southeast)--Fort Lee, Cliffside Park & Palisades Park PUMA, NJ

131,977 Population
10.6 square miles 12,458.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,789 ±$4,529 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$99,523 ±$8,961 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.3% ±2.5% (10,869  ±3,268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

32.8 minutes ±1.5 (1,930,840  ±176,257) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

53,800 ±3,046 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.2 (131,910  ±6,475) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±1.9% (1,215  ±558) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

56,755 ±3,398 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$553,800 ±$43,191 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.4% ±2.4% (12,196  ±3,131.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.4% ±2.4% (87,265  ±5,460.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
49.2% ±2.8% (48,555  ±3,869.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

63.5% ±1.9% (81,969  ±2,450.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 32.7% 2,855,114 (±0.2% / ±14,607.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

47.2% ±2.4% (62,287  ±4,374) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.3% ±0.9% (2,463  ±982) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,463 Total veterans ±982 2,372 Male ±987 91 Female ±111

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