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North Plainfield borough, Somerset County, NJ

22,667 Population
2.8 square miles 8,073.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 41.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,096 ±$2,881 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Somerset County: $70,321 ±$1,383
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$83,529 ±$11,150 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Somerset County: $135,960 ±$2,875
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

14% ±4.5% (3,180  ±1,020) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% 18,851 (±0.5% / ±1,849)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

31.5 minutes ±2.7 (347,555  ±36,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 31.5 4,580,205 (±0.4 / ±100,261)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

7,988 ±490 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 129,459 ±472
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.8 ±0.2 (22,626  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 342,244 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

7% ±3.4% (404  ±198) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 4,226 (±0.7% / ±540)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

8,109 ±492 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 132,831 ±90
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$350,700 ±$13,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Somerset County: $523,900 ±$8,197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.3% ±2.3% (1,401  ±506.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 9.4% 32,186 (±0.7% / ±2,451.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

83.8% ±5.7% (12,561  ±1,009.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 93.9% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,382.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
25.3% ±3% (3,787  ±481) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 57.4% 140,175 (±1% / ±2,453.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

43.2% ±4.2% (9,789  ±961) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 27.5% 95,159
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

1.9% ±0.8% (338  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 3.5% 9,498 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
338 Total veterans ±143 329 Male ±144 9 Female ±15

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