Fort Lee, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Fort Lee: 124.5 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 10.6%

Ancestries: Ancestries: Italian (6.1%), Russian (4.3%), Polish (2.7%), Greek (2.5%), American (2.1%), Irish (1.7%).

Elevation: 313 feet

Zip Codes: 07024, 07605

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $83,894 (it was $58,161 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $53,649 (it was $37,899 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $371,279 (it was $190,100 in 2000) Fort Lee:$371,279NJ:$334,900

Races:
      Asian alone - 16,624 - 44.5%
      White alone - 15,278 - 40.9%
      Hispanic - 4,616 - 12.4%
      Black alone - 680 - 1.8%
      Two or more races - 669 - 1.8%
      American Indian alone - 56 - 0.2%
      Other race alone - 84 - 0.2%
      Native Hawaiian and Other
>Pacific Islander alone - 27 - 0.07%

Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War military encampment, At the turn the 20th century it became the birthplace of the American film industry. In 1931 the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to the borough of Manhattan borough in New York City. Fort Lee's population and housing density increased considerably during the 1960s and 1970s with the construction of highrise apartment buildings.