Fort Lee, New Jersey demographics

Fort Lee, NJ demographics: median age 46.6; 65.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Fort Lee borough, New Jersey · Incorporated borough · GEOID 3424420. The survey estimates a population of 40,067 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Fort Lee is 46.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.9 years. There are 18,287 households (±632). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	46.6 ±1.9	40.1 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 40,067
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Under 18	6,872 ±673	17.2% ±1.7 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	6,305 ±623	15.7% ±1.6 pp	21.3%	22.8%
35–64	16,843 ±971	42.0% ±2.4 pp	39.7%	38.0%
65 and older	10,047 ±911	25.1% ±2.3 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 40,067
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Male	19,464 ±603	48.6% ±1.5 pp	49.2%	49.5%
Female	20,603 ±604	51.4% ±1.5 pp	50.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 40,067
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
White alone	15,564 ±1,078	38.8% ±2.7 pp	54.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,029 ±452	2.6% ±1.1 pp	12.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	10 ±12 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	17,489 ±1,097	43.6% ±2.7 pp	10.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	76 ±70 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,636 ±637	4.1% ±1.6 pp	10.1%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,263 ±737	10.6% ±1.8 pp	12.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 40,067
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,670 ±925	86.5% ±2.3 pp	77.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5,397 ±928	13.5% ±2.3 pp	22.5%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,287
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Married-couple family	8,486 ±499	46.4% ±2.2 pp	49.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	740 ±244	4.0% ±1.3 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,292 ±256	7.1% ±1.4 pp	12.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	6,831 ±696	37.4% ±3.6 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	938 ±321	5.1% ±1.7 pp	5.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,287
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Households with people under 18	4,160 ±328	22.7% ±1.6 pp	31.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	14,127 ±834	77.3% ±3.7 pp	68.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,287
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	6,831 ±696	37.4% ±3.6 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,871 ±651	32.1% ±3.4 pp	31.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,639 ±364	14.4% ±1.9 pp	17.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,067 ±262	11.3% ±1.4 pp	15.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	653 ±204	3.6% ±1.1 pp	6.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	183 ±136 · low precision	1.0% ±0.7 pp · low precision	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	43 ±32 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 40,067
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Native	19,994 ±949	49.9% ±2.4 pp	76.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	20,073 ±956	50.1% ±2.4 pp	23.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 38,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
English only	15,038 ±1,162	39.5% ±3.0 pp	66.9%	77.7%
Spanish	3,990 ±910	10.5% ±2.4 pp	17.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	107 ±93 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	14 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,787 ±431	4.7% ±1.1 pp	1.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,448 ±606	6.4% ±1.6 pp	5.6%	2.0%
Korean	7,683 ±926	20.2% ±2.4 pp	0.9%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	3,580 ±748	9.4% ±2.0 pp	1.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	16 ±24 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	316 ±149	0.8% ±0.4 pp	0.9%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	2,049 ±538	5.4% ±1.4 pp	1.6%	1.1%
Arabic	330 ±196 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	724 ±294	1.9% ±0.8 pp	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 30,856
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,723 ±335	5.6% ±1.1 pp	9.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,394 ±653	14.2% ±2.1 pp	25.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,825 ±472	9.2% ±1.5 pp	15.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,596 ±318	5.2% ±1.0 pp	6.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	11,271 ±763	36.5% ±2.3 pp	26.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9,047 ±785	29.3% ±2.4 pp	17.6%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 39,731
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Same house	35,478 ±683	89.3% ±1.7 pp	90.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,639 ±375	4.1% ±0.9 pp	4.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	521 ±231	1.3% ±0.6 pp	2.5%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,441 ±299	3.6% ±0.8 pp	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	652 ±295	1.6% ±0.7 pp	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

6.8% of Fort Lee residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.5% in New Jersey and 8.4% nationally. 94.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fort Lee	New Jersey	U.S.	Compared with New Jersey
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.8% ±1.3 pp	7.5%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.3% ±0.8 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	1.8% ±0.6 pp	3.7%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Fort Lee . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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