Fort Lee is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 39,700 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Fort Lee is the 44th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Fort Lee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.60% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Fort Lee is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Lee, the average commute to work is 35.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Fort Lee use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Fort Lee‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Fort Lee. 62.81% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Fort Lee in 2022 was $62,802, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $251,208 for a family of four. However, Fort Lee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Lee is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fort Lee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Lee residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Fort Lee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.86% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lee include Italian, Russian, Polish, German, and Irish.

Fort Lee also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 50.39%.

The most common language spoken in Fort Lee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Chinese.