In North Plainfield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
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 overall education level of North Plainfield citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.38% of adults in North Plainfield have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in North Plainfield in 2018 was $35,195, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,780 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 48.23% 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. 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 (40.48%).
The most common language spoken in North Plainfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
