Bergenfield vs Fort Lee

A side-by-side comparison of Bergenfield and Fort Lee: population, income, housing, and more.

Bergenfield and Fort Lee are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Lee has the higher population (39,818 vs 28,269 in Bergenfield). Bergenfield has the higher median household income ($124,083 vs $105,535 in Fort Lee). Bergenfield has the higher median home value ($469,200 vs $422,200 in Fort Lee).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
Population	28,269	39,818
Median age	40.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$105,535
Median home value	$469,200	$422,200
Median gross rent	$1,744	$2,255
Housing units	9,677	19,764
Homeownership rate	70.6%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	37,430 → 39,818 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$83,767 → $105,535 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$324,600 → $422,200 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$1,923 → $2,255 (+17.3%)

Bergenfield

Population

27,37328,269

Median household income

$96,335$124,083

Median home value

$358,200$469,200

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,744

Fort Lee

Population

37,43039,818

Median household income

$83,767$105,535

Median home value

$324,600$422,200

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	38.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	26.4%	44.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
Drove alone	71.0%	47.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.4%
Public transit	11.2%	20.7%
Walked	1.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.8%	19.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
1-unit, detached	69.9%	13.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	61.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Fort Lee
Poverty rate	6.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1955	1970