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Population (year 2000): 47,829. Estimated
population in July 2005: 47,642 (-0.4% change)
Males: 23,393 (48.9%), Females: 24,436 (51.1%)
Union County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 32.8 years
Median household income: $46,683 (year 2000)
Median house value: $137,500 (year 2000)
Races in Plainfield:
- Black (61.8%)
- Hispanic (25.2%)
- White Non-Hispanic (11.5%)
- Other race (10.8%)
- Two or more races (4.6%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: West Indian (5.2%), Italian (2.5%),
Irish (2.3%), German (2.2%), United States (2.1%), English
(1.8%).
Elevation: 110 feet
Land area: 6.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Plainfield
- High school or higher: 70.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Plainfield city
- Never married: 40.1%
- Now married: 40.2%
- Separated: 4.3%
- Widowed: 6.6%
- Divorced: 8.8%
23.7% Foreign born (21.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,298 (+2.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Plainfield:
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MED CTR (PARK AVE
RANDOLPH ROAD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Plainfield:
- RUNNELLS SPECIALIZED HOSP-UNION CO (about 5 miles;
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ)
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 6 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
- CHILDRENS SPECIALIZED HOSP (about 7 miles;
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Plainfield:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 18 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 30 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 31 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Plainfield:
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 12 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
- LINDEN (about 13 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 14 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
Amtrak stations near Plainfield:
- 7 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX
TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 9 miles: NEW BRUNSWICK (FRENCH & ALBANY STS.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, ATM, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
- 17 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
Colleges/Universities in Plainfield:
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER-SCHOOL OF NURS
(Full-time enrollment: 134; Location: PARK AVE AND
RANDOLPH RD; Private, not-for-profit)
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER-SCHOOL OF RAD
(FT enrollment: 36; Location: PARK AVE & RANDOLPH RD;
Private, not-for-profit)
- DUCRET SCHOOL OF ARTS (Location: 1030 CENTRAL
AVE; Private, not-for-profit)
- HI TECH TRAINING SCHOOL (Location: 322 PARK
AVE; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Plainfield:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 9 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 30,649)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 13 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,897)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; EDISON,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,739)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
Public high school in Plainfield:
- PLAINFIELD HIGH (Students: 1,929; Location:
950 PARK AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Plainfield:
- KOINONIA ACADEMY (Students: 289; Location:
1040 PLAINFIELD AVE; Grades: KG - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Plainfield:
- MAXSON (Students: 985; Location: 920 E
SEVENTH ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HUBBARD (Students: 681; Location: 661 W
EIGHTH ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WASHINGTON (Students: 601; Location: 427
DARROW AVE; Grades: PK - 05)
- EMERSON (Students: 591; Location: 305 EMERSON
AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- CEDARBROOK (Students: 527; Location: 1049
CENTRAL AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- EVERGREEN (Students: 503; Location: 1033
EVERGREEN AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- JEFFERSON (Students: 438; Location: 1200
MYRTLE AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- DEWITT D. BARLOW (Students: 383; Location: E.
FRONT & FARRAGUT; Grades: KG - 05)
- FREDERIC W. COOK (Students: 286; Location:
739 LELAND AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- CLINTON (Students: 273; Location: WEST 4TH
ST. AND CLINTON; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Plainfield:
- KINGS DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL (Students: 150;
Location: 502 WEST FRONT ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- HEIRS OF PROMISE CHRISITIAN SCHOOL (Students:
92; Location: 147 NORTH AVENUE; Grades: PK - 6)
- STAR BRIGHT CHRISTIAN LEARNING (Students: 61;
Location: 145 PARK AVE; Grades: PK - 6)
- MESSIAH LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 51;
Location: 630 E FRONT STREET; Grades: PK - 2)
Library in Plainfield:
- PLAINFIELD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $1,573,890; Location: 850 PARK AVENUE; 206,715
books; 3,924 audio materials; 3,230 video materials; 342
serial subscriptions)
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