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 31.30 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.
Even though Fords is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The education level of Fords citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.67% of adults in Fords have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fords in 2022 was $45,315, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,260 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 24.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fords include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Hungarian.
In addition, Fords has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.39%).
The most common language spoken in Fords is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
