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Population (year 2000): 15,032
Males: 7,256 (48.3%), Females: 7,776 (51.7%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 37.6 years
Median household income: $61,015 (year 2000)
Median house value: $154,700 (year 2000)
Races in Fords:
- White Non-Hispanic (67.0%)
- Hispanic (9.2%)
- Asian Indian (8.3%)
- Black (5.9%)
- Filipino (4.3%)
- Other race (2.7%)
- Two or more races (2.3%)
- Chinese (2.0%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (18.2%), Italian (18.0%),
Polish (12.4%), German (11.8%), Hungarian (6.2%), English
(3.9%).
Elevation: 116 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fords
- High school or higher: 86.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
- Unemployed: 3.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fords CDP
- Never married: 24.1%
- Now married: 58.6%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 7.8%
22.1% Foreign born (12.9% Asia, 4.2% Europe,
3.6% Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fords:
- RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; PERTH
AMBOY, NJ)
- RAHWAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; RAHWAY, NJ)
- STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-SOUT (about 8
miles; STATEN ISLAND, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fords:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 15 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 25 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 29 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fords:
- LINDEN (about 8 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- OLD BRIDGE (about 16 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 18 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
Amtrak stations near Fords:
- 3 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX
TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 10 miles: NEW BRUNSWICK (FRENCH & ALBANY STS.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, ATM, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
- 14 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fords:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 10 miles;
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 30,649)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; EDISON,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,739)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 13 miles;
STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 14 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,897)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
Public primary/middle schools in Fords:
- FORDS MIDDLE (Students: 661; Location:
FANNING STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LAFAYETTE EST 25 (Students: 330; Location:
FORD AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- FORD AVENUE (Students: 310; Location: FORD
AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Fords:
- OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 147;
Location: FOURTH STREET FORDS AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
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