Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Plainsboro Center, NJ

2,683 Population
0.7 square miles 3,650.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

36 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$78,795 ±$9,031 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$117,363 ±$4,071 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

0.8% ±1.3% (21  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

31.3 minutes ±17.8 (33,935  ±12,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,512 ±345 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
1.8 ±0.5 (2,683  ±516) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.1% ±7% (27  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,555 ±340 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$474,300 ±$46,051 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

15% ±10.9% (403  ±302.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

99.2% ±27.3% (2,222  ±423.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
86.9% ±5.5% (1,945  ±405) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about double 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

50.4% ±5.2% (1,353  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

0.8% ±1.2% (17  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
17 Total veterans ±28 17 Male ±28 N/A Female ±14

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.