Fort Lee is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 39,688 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.60% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.19 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

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 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 62.81% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Lee's cultural character, accounting for 50.39% of the borough’s population.

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