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Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, NJ

32,463 Population
10.4 square miles 3,133.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$78,996 ±$4,664 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $49,666 ±$854
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$178,993 ±$10,502 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Union County: $95,000 ±$2,210
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

2.2% ±1% (718  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 8.9% 50,130 (±0.5% / ±2,919)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

37.7 minutes ±1.8 (481,950  ±39,871) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 30.6 7,721,665 (±0.4 / ±130,957)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

11,644 ±348 Number of households
  • Union County: 199,996 ±806
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.8 ±0.1 (32,214  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.8 565,482 (±0 / ±1,040)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

4.1% ±1.8% (287  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Union County: 5.5% 7,308 (±0.4% / ±540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

11,796 ±357 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 209,928 ±301
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$638,400 ±$24,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Union County: $458,000 ±$4,355
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

5.7% ±1.5% (1,840  ±,494.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 9.9% 56,180 (±0.6% / ±3,309.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

96.8% ±4.4% (21,740  ±1,099.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 86.8% 337,913 (±1.1% / ±4,419.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
68.6% ±3.6% (15,407  ±,877.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 38.3% 149,113 (±0.7% / ±2,869)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

16.1% ±2% (5,219  ±632) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Union County: 31.6% 180,816
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

5% ±1% (1,219  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 2.9% 12,830 (±0.2% / ±863)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
1,219 Total veterans ±249 1,219 Male ±249 N/A Female ±29

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