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Fort Lee, NJ

39,701 Population
2.5 square miles 15,769.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$57,727 ±$3,663 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $47,591 ±$202
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $46,691 ±$213
$92,456 ±$5,536 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $86,445 ±$389
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $89,703 ±$507

9.4% ±1.4% (3,713  ±561) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.3% 2,416,764 (±0.1% / ±25,888)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 883,896 (±0.1% / ±12,412)

36.8 minutes ±1 (638,930  ±35,415) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 313,743,650 (±0.1 / ±989,757)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)

Families

18,189 ±504 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,248,123 ±11,251
  • New Jersey: 3,397,156 ±5,756
2.2 ±0.1 (39,691  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,628,584
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 9,050,134

8.2% ±2.6% (693  ±227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 228,429 (±0.1% / ±4,502)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5% 106,279 (±0.1% / ±2,560)

Housing

19,591 ±508 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,931,425 ±1,891
  • New Jersey: 3,738,342 ±433

$356,200 ±$33,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $483,500 ±$1,166
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $355,700 ±$986

9% ±1.5% (3,550  ±579.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,875,996 (±0.1% / ±19,582.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 944,204 (±0.1% / ±13,068.6)

Social

94.8% ±3.8% (29,428  ±1,282.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.3% 12,223,803 (±0.2% / ±30,047.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.5% 5,802,729 (±0.3% / ±19,579.2)
60.3% ±2.8% (18,701  ±935.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 42% 5,887,025 (±0.1% / ±19,445)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 41.5% 2,660,853 (±0.2% / ±12,771.8)

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

48.6% ±2.3% (19,302  ±896) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.4% 5,882,532 (±0.1% / ±23,006)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 22.9% 2,115,061 (±0.2% / ±13,418)

2.4% ±0.6% (773  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.1% 481,279 (±0% / ±6,125)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.3% 309,642 (±0.1% / ±4,437)
773 Total veterans ±194 695 Male ±182 78 Female ±73

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