Englewood vs Fort Lee

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

Englewood 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 29,342 in Englewood). Fort Lee has the higher median household income ($105,535 vs $101,398 in Englewood). Englewood has the higher median home value ($497,500 vs $422,200 in Fort Lee).

Population, income & housing

	Englewood	Fort Lee
Population	29,342	39,818
Median age	43.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,398	$105,535
Median home value	$497,500	$422,200
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,255
Housing units	12,047	19,764
Homeownership rate	52.7%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Englewood	Fort Lee
Population	28,353 → 29,342 (+3.5%)	37,430 → 39,818 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$85,899 → $101,398 (+18.0%)	$83,767 → $105,535 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$388,300 → $497,500 (+28.1%)	$324,600 → $422,200 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,925 (+31.0%)	$1,923 → $2,255 (+17.3%)

Englewood

Population

28,35329,342

Median household income

$85,899$101,398

Median home value

$388,300$497,500

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,925

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)

	Englewood	Fort Lee
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.4%
75 and over	8.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Englewood	Fort Lee
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	38.0%
Black or African American	18.9%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	13.0%	44.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	3.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Englewood	Fort Lee
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	21.8%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Englewood	Fort Lee
Drove alone	59.8%	47.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.4%
Public transit	10.6%	20.7%
Walked	7.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.8%	19.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Englewood	Fort Lee
1-unit, detached	39.5%	13.7%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	27.3%	61.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Englewood	Fort Lee
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1959	1970