About Plainsboro

Plainsboro is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 17,778 people and just one neighborhood, Plainsboro is the 114th largest community in New Jersey.

Plainsboro is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Plainsboro is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plainsboro who work in computer science and math (16.91%), management occupations (14.87%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.77%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Plainsboro has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Plainsboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Plainsboro, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

One downside of living in Plainsboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.81 minutes every day commuting to work.

Plainsboro Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Plainsboro, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Plainsboro is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 70.48% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Plainsboro in 2000 was $37,028, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,112 for a family of four. However, Plainsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Plainsboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Plainsboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Plainsboro is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Plainsboro include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, English, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Plainsboro's cultural character, accounting for 35.56% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Plainsboro are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Plainsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Other Asian languages, Hindi, Spanish, and Other Indic languages.