What is the population of Fords CDP?

Fords CDP has 13,052 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #104 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Fords CDP?

Median household income in Fords CDP is $116,250 a year, 48% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fords CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,976 a month and the median home value is $414,100, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.

Is Fords CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fords CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fords, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fords, New Jersey (Fords, NJ — Census place “Fords CDP”) is 13,052 residents, ranking #104 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $116,250, the median home is worth $414,100 and median gross rent runs $1,976 a month. Looking for the Fords New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fords, NJ: 08863.

Population: 13,052Fords CDP residents
Median household income: $116,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $414,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,976Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.9%Owner-occupied households

Fords ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fords.

The Fords NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

08863

What the numbers mean in Fords CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fords CDP median would spend about 20.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.1% of residents and 71.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fords CDP, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fords CDP is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 13,052 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #104 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fords CDP earn a median of $116,250 a year, 48% above the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fords CDP is valued at $414,100, 36.5% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,976 a month, 40.5% above the national figure, or roughly $23,712 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fords CDP?: Fords CDP has 13,052 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #104 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Fords CDP?: Median household income in Fords CDP is $116,250 a year, 48% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fords CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,976 a month and the median home value is $414,100, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
Is Fords CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fords CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fords CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.