Cranford is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 22,578 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Cranford is the 85th largest community in New Jersey.

Cranford is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.91% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cranford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cranford who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.95%), management occupations (14.40%), and sales jobs (11.19%).

Also of interest is that Cranford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Cranford is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Cranford is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Cranford really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cranford perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

As is often the case in a small town, Cranford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Cranford Information and Demographics

The population of Cranford is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 42.97% of adults in Cranford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cranford in 2000 was $33,283, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,132 for a family of four. However, Cranford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cranford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cranford is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cranford include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, English, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Cranford is English. Some people also speak Spanish.