Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: North Plainfield borough GEOCODE:34-2975 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 19,108 100.0% 18,820 100.0% -288 -1.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,208 84.8% 15,863 84.3% -345 -2.1 -0.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 199 1.0% 167 0.9% -32 -16.1 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,249 95.5% 16,279 86.5% -1,970 -10.8 -9.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 328 1.7% 884 4.7% 556 169.5 3.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 277 1.4% 608 3.2% 331 119.5 1.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 34 0.2% 47 0.2% 13 38.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 943 4.9% 2,248 11.9% 1,305 138.4 7.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,169 6.1% 1,432 7.6% 263 22.5 1.5 5-17.................. 3,144 16.5% 2,653 14.1% -491 -15.6 -2.4 18-24.................. 2,325 12.2% 1,546 8.2% -779 -33.5 -4.0 25-44.................. 6,109 32.0% 7,379 39.2% 1,270 20.8 7.2 45-64.................. 4,157 21.8% 3,413 18.1% -744 -17.9 -3.6 65 AND OVER............ 2,204 11.5% 2,397 12.7% 193 8.8 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,313 22.6% 4,085 21.7% -228 -5.3 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 7,416 38.8% 7,143 38.0% -273 -3.7 -0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.0 33.7 1.7 5.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $35,337 $41,875 6,538 18.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $41,047 $50,601 9,554 23.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,457 $19,031 3,574 23.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,038 5.5% 685 3.7% -353 -34.0 -1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,575 100.0% 7,323 100.0% -252 -3.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,276 69.7% 4,997 68.2% -279 -5.3 -1.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,249 42.9% 3,342 45.6% 93 2.9 2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,355 57.5% 4,060 55.4% -295 -6.8 -2.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,805 23.8% 1,837 25.1% 32 1.8 1.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 724 9.6% 698 9.5% -26 -3.6 -0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 373 4.9% 292 4.0% -81 -21.7 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,954 25.8% 1,931 26.4% -23 -1.2 0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 0.1 2.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,470 100.0% 13,189 100.0% 719 5.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,732 37.9% 4,360 33.1% -372 -7.9 -4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,783 22.3% 3,700 28.1% 917 33.0 5.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,911 100.0% 11,160 100.0% 249 2.3 FEMALE................ 4,964 45.5% 5,300 47.5% 336 6.8 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 10,332 94.7% 10,740 96.2% 408 3.9 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,862 26.2% 3,279 29.4% 417 14.6 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,008 9.2% 922 8.3% -86 -8.5 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,718 100.0% 7,784 100.0% 66 0.9 OCCUPIED.............. 7,525 97.5% 7,341 94.3% -184 -2.4 -3.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,998 53.1% 4,316 58.8% 318 8.0 5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $96,541 $166,133 69,592 72.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,527 46.9% 3,025 41.2% -502 -14.2 -5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $469 $678 209 44.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,731 48.3% 3,795 48.8% 64 1.7 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.3 1951.0 0.7 0.0 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis