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.
If knowledge is power, Fort Lee is a pretty powerful place. 62.81% of the adults in Fort Lee have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Fort Lee in 2018 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.
