Fort Lee is a medium-sized coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 35,461 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Fort Lee is the 50th largest community in New Jersey.

Fort Lee is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fort Lee is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Lee who work in sales jobs (19.02%), management occupations (17.12%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.93%).

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.

Of important note, Fort Lee is also a borough of artists. Fort Lee has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fort Lee's character.

Fort Lee, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the borough.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Fort Lee is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The borough is also nautical, which means that parts of Fort Lee are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In Fort Lee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.97 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the borough are by private automobile, Fort Lee is somewhat unusual for a borough of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Fort Lee area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Fort Lee Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fort Lee, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fort Lee is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 48.24% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fort Lee in 2000 was $37,899, 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 $151,596 for a family of four.

Fort Lee is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fort Lee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Lee is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lee include Italian, Russian, Greek, Irish, Polish, and German.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Lee's cultural character, accounting for 44.74% of the borough's population.

The languages spoken by people in Fort Lee are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Fort Lee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Greek, and Italian.