Fort Lee, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
40,067
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
46.6
1.27% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
7.76%
7.73% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$107,274
1.65% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$448,000
6.11% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
19,884
1.79% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Fort Lee, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

80.9% of the residents in Fort Lee, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Fort Lee, NJ was $448,000, and the homeownership rate was 55.4%.

Most people in Fort Lee, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 35 minutes. The average car ownership in Fort Lee, NJ was 1 car per household.

United StatesNew JerseyBergen County, NJNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PABergen County (Southeast)--Fort Lee, Cliffside Park & Palisades Park PUMA, NJBergen County (East)--Tenafly, Park Ridge, Englewood City & Cresskill PUMA, NJNYC-Manhattan Community District 12--Washington Heights & Inwood PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Fort Lee, NJ is home to a population of 40.1k people, from which 80.9% are citizens. As of 2024, 50% of Fort Lee, NJ residents were born outside of the country (20k people).

In 2024, there were 1.17 times more Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents (17.5k people) in Fort Lee, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 14.9k White (Non-Hispanic) and 2.66k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

80.9%
2024 Citizenship
81%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 80.9% of Fort Lee, NJ residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Fort Lee, NJ was 81%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Fort Lee, NJ
  1. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    17.5k ± 1.1k
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    14.9k ± 1.12k
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    2.66k ± 747
13.5%
Hispanic Population
5.4k people

In 2024, there were 1.17 times more Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents (17.5k people) in Fort Lee, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 14.9k White (Non-Hispanic) and 2.66k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

13.5% of the people in Fort Lee, NJ are hispanic (5.4k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Fort Lee, NJ as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Jersey.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    273,706 ± 12,653 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    205,965 ± 11,018 people
  3. Mexico
    107,667 ± 8,009 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Jersey was India, the natal country of 273,706 New Jersey residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 205,965 and Mexico with 107,667.

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Foreign-Born Population

50%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
20k people
50.3%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
20k people

As of 2024, 50% of Fort Lee, NJ residents (20k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Fort Lee, NJ was 50.3%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    142 ± 78
  2. Korea
    123 ± 139
  3. Vietnam
    94 ± 68

Fort Lee, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.15 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Fort Lee, NJ employs 19.9k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Fort Lee, NJ were Health Care & Social Assistance (3,214 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (2,368 people), and Educational Services (1,829 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($124,342), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($114,375), and Manufacturing ($108,828).

Employment

Occupations

19.9k
2024 Value
± 1,176
−1.79%
1 Year decline
± 8.33%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Fort Lee, NJ declined at a rate of −1.79%, from 20.2k employees to 19.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Fort Lee, NJ, are Management Occupations (3,353 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,021 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (1,697 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Fort Lee, NJ.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

19.9k
2024 Value
± 1,176
−1.79%
1 Year decline
± 8.33%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Fort Lee, NJ declined at a rate of −1.79%, from 20.2k employees to 19.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Fort Lee, NJ, are Health Care & Social Assistance (3,214 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (2,368 people), and Educational Services (1,829 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Fort Lee, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Fort Lee, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$92,208
Median earning men ± $9,243
$65,899
Median earning women ± $8,817

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($145,714), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($143,226), and Manufacturing ($140,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($92,500), Wholesale Trade ($85,408), and Construction ($80,962).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.
Y-Axis
2.27%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Fort Lee, NJ was $448,000 in 2024, which is 1.35 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $422,200 to $448,000, a 6.11% increase. The homeownership rate in Fort Lee, NJ is 55.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Fort Lee, NJ have an average commute time of 35 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Fort Lee, NJ is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$448,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$44,780
$10,131
Median Property Taxes
±$811

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Fort Lee, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Fort Lee, NJ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

55.4%
Homeownership
2024
62.2%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 55.4% of the housing units in Fort Lee, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 57.5%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$107,274
Median Household Income
± $6,993
18.3k
Number of Households
± 1,090

In 2024, the median household income of the 18.3k households in Fort Lee, NJ grew to $107,274 from the previous year's value of $105,535.

The following chart displays the households in Fort Lee, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Fort Lee, NJ is from New Jersey.
0.486
2023 Wage GINI in New Jersey
0.489
2022 Wage GINI in New Jersey

In 2023, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.486 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.709% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (45.5%)
  2. Worked At Home (21.7%)
  3. Public Transit (20.2%)

In 2024, 45.5% of workers in Fort Lee, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (21.7%) and those who used public transit to get to work (20.2%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

35 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Fort Lee, NJ have a longer commute time (35 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.86% of the workforce in Fort Lee, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Fort Lee, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Fort Lee, NJ have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.76% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Fort Lee, NJ (3.1k out of 40k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Fort Lee, NJ is White, followed by Asian and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

93.2% of the population of Fort Lee, NJ has health coverage, with 47.3% on employee plans, 11.7% on Medicaid, 18.3% on Medicare, 15.1% on non-group plans, and 0.681% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Jersey see 1,279 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,279 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1157 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 320 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 17.7% under 18 years, 15.2% between 18 and 34 years, 42% between 35 and 64 years, and 25.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

6.85%
Uninsured
47.3%
Employer Coverage
11.7%
Medicaid
18.3%
Medicare
15.1%
Non-Group
0.681%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Fort Lee, NJ declined by 8.94% from 7.52% to 6.85%.

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