Fords vs Kendall Park

A side-by-side comparison of Fords and Kendall Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Fords and Kendall Park are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fords has the higher population (13,052 vs 10,765 in Kendall Park). Kendall Park has the higher median household income ($175,361 vs $116,250 in Fords). Kendall Park has the higher median home value ($555,100 vs $414,100 in Fords).

Population, income & housing

	Fords	Kendall Park
Population	13,052	10,765
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$116,250	$175,361
Median home value	$414,100	$555,100
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,913
Housing units	4,770	3,776
Homeownership rate	71.9%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fords	Kendall Park
Population	15,250 → 13,052 (-14.4%)	9,234 → 10,765 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$94,948 → $116,250 (+22.4%)	$130,313 → $175,361 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $414,100 (+31.8%)	$408,000 → $555,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,547 → $1,976 (+27.7%)	$1,370 → $1,913 (+39.6%)

Fords

Population

15,25013,052

Median household income

$94,948$116,250

Median home value

$314,200$414,100

Median gross rent

$1,547$1,976

Kendall Park

Population

9,23410,765

Median household income

$130,313$175,361

Median home value

$408,000$555,100

Median gross rent

$1,370$1,913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fords	Kendall Park
Under 5	7.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	5.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fords	Kendall Park
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	49.6%
Black or African American	10.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.5%	32.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fords	Kendall Park
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	24.4%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fords	Kendall Park
Drove alone	73.9%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.4%
Public transit	3.3%	5.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fords	Kendall Park
1-unit, detached	70.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	15.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Fords	Kendall Park
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1957	1972