Fort Lee vs Hackensack

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

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

Hackensack has the higher population (45,768 vs 39,818 in Fort Lee). Fort Lee has the higher median household income ($105,535 vs $82,212 in Hackensack). Fort Lee has the higher median home value ($422,200 vs $370,300 in Hackensack).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
Population	39,818	45,768
Median age	47.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,535	$82,212
Median home value	$422,200	$370,300
Median gross rent	$2,255	$1,794
Housing units	19,764	21,405
Homeownership rate	57.5%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
Population	37,430 → 39,818 (+6.4%)	44,339 → 45,768 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$83,767 → $105,535 (+26.0%)	$70,090 → $82,212 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$324,600 → $422,200 (+30.1%)	$296,300 → $370,300 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,923 → $2,255 (+17.3%)	$1,440 → $1,794 (+24.6%)

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

Hackensack

Population

44,33945,768

Median household income

$70,090$82,212

Median home value

$296,300$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
Under 5	5.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.0%
75 and over	12.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	38.0%	27.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	44.0%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
No high school diploma	5.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	14.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
Drove alone	47.0%	60.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.1%
Public transit	20.7%	13.2%
Walked	3.8%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.6%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
1-unit, detached	13.7%	22.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	61.3%	49.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lee	Hackensack
Poverty rate	8.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1970	1967