One downside of living in North Plainfield is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In North Plainfield, the average commute to work is 31.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
For the size of the borough, public transportation in North Plainfield is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For North Plainfield, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
The percentage of people in North Plainfield who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.26% of adults in North Plainfield have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in North Plainfield in 2022 was $35,096, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,384 for a family of four. However, North Plainfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
North Plainfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call North Plainfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in North Plainfield, accounting for 53.71% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of North Plainfield residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in North Plainfield include Italian, Irish, German, African, and Jamaican.
In addition, North Plainfield has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (43.19%).
The most common language spoken in North Plainfield is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.
