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," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The borough is also nautical, which means that parts of Fort Lee are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

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 33.97 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.

For the size of the borough, public transportation in Fort Lee is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Fort Lee, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Fort Lee Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Fort Lee. 48.24% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 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.

Fort Lee also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 44.74%.

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.