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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

The citizens of Fords are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.80% of adults in Fords have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fords in 2022 was $52,629, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,516 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 22.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fords include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Hungarian.

Fords also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.08%.

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