Little Ferry is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,892 people and two associated neighborhoods, Little Ferry is the 179th largest community in New Jersey.
Housing costs in Little Ferry are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.
Despite being a small borough, Little Ferry has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Little Ferry is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.81% of adults in Little Ferry have a college degree.
The per capita income in Little Ferry in 2022 was $42,435, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,740 for a family of four. However, Little Ferry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Little Ferry is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Little Ferry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Little Ferry residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Little Ferry also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.98% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Little Ferry include Italian, Irish, German, Egyptian, and Polish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Little Ferry's cultural character, accounting for 42.16% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Little Ferry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.