Fords, New Jersey

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is New York (NY). It is located about 21 miles [33 km] to the northeast of Fords and has a population of 8,008,278 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Hempstead (NY). It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the east of Fords and has a population of 755,924 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clifton	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
	East Orange	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
	Elizabeth	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
	Jersey City	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
	Newark	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	278,980	1.99% increase
	Paterson	N	27 mi [43.45 km]	145,643	2.4% decrease
	Trenton	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
	Clarkstown (NY)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	82,801	0.88% increase
	Greenburgh (NY)	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	89,840	3.55% increase
	Mount Vernon (NY)	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	68,653	0.4% increase
	New Rochelle (NY)	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	74,115	2.68% increase
	North Hempstead (NY)	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	226,457	1.73% increase
	Oyster Bay (NY)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	301,474	2.57% increase
	Ramapo (NY)	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	115,096	5.68% increase
	Yonkers (NY)	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	201,588	2.81% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avenel	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Clark	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Colonia	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Edison	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Iselin	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Laurence Harbor	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Madison Park	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Menlo Park	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Perth Amboy	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	48,742	3.04% increase
	Port Reading	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Rahway	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	28,624	8.02% increase
	Sewaren	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	South Amboy	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	7,777	1.72% decrease
	Woodbridge	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Tottenville (NY)	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	---

Middlesex County

Fords is located in Middlesex County.

Below are counties that are near Fords (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Fords:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Fords
	Bergen County	NE	Kingsland	21 miles [33 km]
	Burlington County	SW	Ellisdale	30 miles [48 km]
	Essex County	N	Brantwood	13 miles [20 km]
	Hudson County	NE	Bergen Point	12 miles [19 km]
	Hunterdon County	W	Centerville	22 miles [35 km]
	Mercer County	SW	Twin Rivers	20 miles [32 km]
	Monmouth County	SE	Cliffwood Beach	7 miles [11 km]
	Morris County	NW	Gillette	12 miles [19 km]
	Ocean County	S	Vista Center	25 miles [40 km]
	Passaic County	NE	Delawanna	22 miles [35 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New Jersey<3>

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