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Population (year 2000): 21,810. Estimated
population in July 2005: 23,064 (+5.7% change)
Males: 10,690 (49.0%), Females: 11,120 (51.0%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 38.0 years
Median household income: $67,466 (year 2000)
Median house value: $165,800 (year 2000)
Races in South Plainfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (72.9%)
- Hispanic (8.7%)
- Black (8.6%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Asian Indian (2.7%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Filipino (2.0%)
- Vietnamese (1.5%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (25.0%), Irish (16.5%),
German (15.7%), Polish (11.4%), English (5.6%), Hungarian
(2.8%).
Elevation: 67 feet
Land area: 8.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in South Plainfield
- High school or higher: 84.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in South Plainfield borough
- Never married: 24.2%
- Now married: 61.0%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 5.8%
14.8% Foreign born (5.9% Latin America, 5.9%
Asia, 2.5% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,185 (+5.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near South Plainfield:
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 4 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
- RUNNELLS SPECIALIZED HOSP-UNION CO (about 7 miles;
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
South Plainfield:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 19 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 30 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 32 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to South Plainfield:
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 13 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- LINDEN (about 13 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 14 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
Amtrak stations near South 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.
- 7 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.
- 18 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
South Plainfield:
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 7 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 30,649)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 10 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 10 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,897)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; EDISON,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,739)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
Public high school in South Plainfield:
- SOUTH PLAINFIELD HIGH (Students: 1,191;
Location: 200 LAKE STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in South Plainfield:
- GRANT CENTRAL SIXTH SCH (Students: 627;
Location: CROMWELL PLACE; Grades: 05 - 06)
- SO PLAINFIELD MIDDLE (Students: 596;
Location: 220L PLAINFIELD AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- ROOSEVELT (Students: 375; Location: 125
JACKSON AVENUE; Grades: KG - 04)
- FRANKLIN (Students: 363; Location: 1000
FRANKLIN AVE.; Grades: KG - 04)
- JOHN E RILEY (Students: 346; Location: 100
MORRIS AVENUE; Grades: KG - 04)
- JOHN F KENNEDY (Students: 304; Location: 2900
NORWOOD AVENUE; Grades: KG - 04)
- ROOSEVELT/ADMINISTRATION (Students: 51;
Location: 135 JACKSON STREET; Grades: PK - PK)
Library in South Plainfield:
- SOUTH PLAINFIELD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Operating income: $648,207; Location: 2484 PLAINFIELD
AVENUE; 50,063 books; 2,169 audio materials; 2,422 video
materials; 203 serial subscriptions)
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