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Plainfield city, Union County, NJ

54,515 Population
6 square miles 9,147.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,414 ±$1,368 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Union County: $51,850 ±$787
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$80,334 ±$6,036 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Union County: $100,117 ±$2,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

17.1% ±2.3% (9,196  ±1,222) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Union County: 8.9% 50,508 (±0.5% / ±2,709)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30.1 minutes ±1.4 (739,340  ±43,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 30.7 7,651,370 (±0.5 / ±149,366)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

16,252 ±629 Number of households
  • Union County: 201,663 ±869
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3.3 ±0.1 (53,401  ±535) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 2.8 566,298 (±0 / ±565)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

7% ±1.8% (912  ±236) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Union County: 5.2% 6,988 (±0.5% / ±626)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

17,149 ±625 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 211,269 ±329
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$383,300 ±$12,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Union County: $488,800 ±$4,723
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

14.7% ±2.7% (7,903  ±1,452.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 10% 56,599 (±0.7% / ±3,714.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

72.2% ±3.3% (24,594  ±1,306.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Union County: 86.3% 336,957 (±1.2% / ±4,550.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
22.8% ±2% (7,757  ±706.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 38.6% 150,614 (±0.8% / ±3,059.8)
  • about half 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

41.5% ±2.2% (22,640  ±1,221) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 32.9% 188,082
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.2% ±0.5% (863  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Union County: 2.8% 12,426 (±0.2% / ±819)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
863 Total veterans ±211 779 Male ±184 84 Female ±59

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