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Fords, NJ
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Living in Fords



Fords is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,941 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fords is the 148th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Fords has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.83% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Fords is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fords, the average commute to work is 30.44 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small town, Fords has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Fords ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fords, 41.98% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Fords in 2022 was $54,523, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $218,092 for a family of four. However, Fords contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fords is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fords home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fords residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Fords also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.03% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fords include Irish, Italian, Polish, German, and Ghanian.

Fords also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.94%.

The most common language spoken in Fords is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.