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Scotch Plains township, Union County, NJ

24,843 Population
9 square miles 2,753.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$75,070 ±$4,623 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Union County: $52,874 ±$936
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$183,655 ±$18,502 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $103,202 ±$2,659
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

2.5% ±1% (618  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 9.2% 52,582 (±0.5% / ±2,807)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

33.7 minutes ±1 (304,140  ±26,756) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 30.2 7,522,000 (±0.4 / ±131,274)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

8,563 ±339 Number of households
  • Union County: 203,277 ±863
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.9 ±0.1 (24,665  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.8 573,546 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

3.2% ±1.4% (189  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 5.4% 7,341 (±0.5% / ±687)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

8,840 ±354 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 212,385 ±197
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$718,200 ±$32,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Union County: $529,200 ±$8,258
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

4.3% ±1.5% (1,070  ±367.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Union County: 9.5% 54,314 (±0.6% / ±3,358.7)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.1% ±5.4% (16,141  ±1,024.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 86.3% 340,861 (±1.2% / ±4,698.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
64.8% ±4% (10,761  ±748.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 38.9% 153,496 (±0.7% / ±2,854.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

16.4% ±2.5% (4,064  ±624) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Union County: 33.6% 194,636
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.2% ±1.1% (592  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 2.5% 11,260 (±0.2% / ±831)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
592 Total veterans ±193 581 Male ±194 11 Female ±17

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