In Fords, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.30 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
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 citizens of Fords are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.
