Scotch Plains is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 19,603 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Scotch Plains is the 97th largest community in New Jersey.

Scotch Plains is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.95% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Scotch Plains is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scotch Plains who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.49%), management occupations (14.86%), and sales jobs (11.97%).

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

In addition, Scotch Plains is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Scotch Plains is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Scotch Plains a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Scotch Plains has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Scotch Plains's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Scotch Plains is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Scotch Plains, the average commute to work is 32.76 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Scotch Plains Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Scotch Plains, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Scotch Plains is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 48.64% 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 Scotch Plains in 2000 was $39,729, 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 $158,916 for a family of four. However, Scotch Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Scotch Plains's cultural character, accounting for 17.15% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Scotch Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.