Census Reporter

Plainfield City School District, NJ

50,252 Population
6 square miles 8,432.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$25,647 ±$1,388 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Union County: $42,606 ±$592
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$58,400 ±$3,254 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Union County: $82,644 ±$1,642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

18.1% ±2.4% (8,946  ±1,197) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Union County: 8.8% 48,276 (±0.6% / ±3,021)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

32.9 minutes ±1.3 (742,965  ±44,308) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 31.3 8,075,345 (±0.4 / ±129,034)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

15,626 ±641 Number of households
  • Union County: 191,862 ±828
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
3.1 ±0.1 (48,912  ±592) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 2.9 547,843 (±0 / ±842)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

6.4% ±2.4% (763  ±292) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Union County: 4.9% 6,369 (±0.4% / ±578)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

16,848 ±621 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 202,823 ±356
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$268,000 ±$11,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Union County: $378,700 ±$3,870
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

10.3% ±2.4% (5,085  ±1,164.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 9.3% 51,313 (±0.5% / ±2,942.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

77.5% ±3.1% (25,038  ±1,264.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 87.1% 329,516 (±1.1% / ±4,042.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
20.8% ±1.9% (6,712  ±631.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 37.1% 140,121 (±0.7% / ±2,714.4)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

36.2% ±2.5% (18,208  ±1,243) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 30.1% 167,363 (±0.6% / ±3,522)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

3.1% ±0.8% (1,127  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 3.3% 14,124 (±0.2% / ±813)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
1,127 Total veterans ±297 1,030 Male ±282 97 Female ±77

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