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North Plainfield, NJ

22,809 Population
2.8 square miles 8,124.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,706 ±$3,014 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$87,349 ±$13,016 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

13.2% ±4.3% (3,000  ±975) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

31.4 minutes ±1.6 (347,160  ±32,400) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

7,832 ±451 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.9 ±0.2 (22,770  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7.5% ±2.8% (434  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

7,898 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$374,700 ±$11,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

5.8% ±2% (1,293  ±457.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

82.2% ±5% (12,237  ±907.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
24.3% ±3.1% (3,621  ±489.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

44.3% ±4.4% (10,106  ±1,001) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.9% ±0.8% (336  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
336 Total veterans ±143 317 Male ±142 19 Female ±18

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