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Plainfield Apartments for Rent

Total population: 46,126 (All urban)

Plainfield, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 16,180 (15,137 occupied: 7,579 owner occupied, 7,558 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	50%
State:	34%

Housing density: 2680 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $420,316.

Median contract rent in 2007: $873 (lower quartile is $696, upper quartile is $1,061)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $875

Median gross rent in Plainfield, NJ in 2007: $985

Housing units in Plainfield with a mortgage: 5,203 (624 second mortgage, 635 home equity loan, 66 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,305

Plainfield,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $313,830 (it was $137,500 in 2000)

Plainfield:	$313,830
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $242,931 - $350,633

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $306,415
Here: $306,415
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $246,199
Here: $246,199
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $338,471
Here: $338,471
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $364,436
Here: $364,436
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $226,002
Here: $226,002
State: $309,003

Household type by relationship

Households: 46,920

In family households: 41,183 (6,398 male householders, 4,604 female householders)
6,109 spouses, 15,161 children (14,066 natural, 314 adopted, 781 stepchildren), 2,453 grandchildren, 1,208 brothers or sisters, 603 parents, 1,872 other relatives, 2,775 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,737 (1,879 male householders (1,305 living alone)), 2,268 female householders (1,879 living alone)), 1,590 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 909 (552 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,048 2-persons, 2,680 3-persons, 2,306 4-persons, 1,438 5-persons, 800 6-persons, 730 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,184 1-person, 684 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons.

5,447 married couples with children.
4,481 single-parent households (930 men, 3,551 women).

71.3% of residents of Plainfield speak English at home.
25.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 11,327 (23.7%)
(27.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.7
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Plainfield, New Jersey:
	1 room: 13 2 rooms: 33 3 rooms: 182 4 rooms: 343 5 rooms: 1,113 6 rooms: 1,777 7 rooms: 1,583 8 rooms: 1,093 9 or more rooms: 1,442

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plainfield, New Jersey:
	1 room: 545 2 rooms: 764 3 rooms: 1,999 4 rooms: 1,818 5 rooms: 1,395 6 rooms: 659 7 rooms: 218 8 rooms: 62 9 or more rooms: 98

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 75
1995 to 1998: 98
1990 to 1994: 94
1980 to 1989: 691
1970 to 1979: 1,472
1960 to 1969: 2,004
1950 to 1959: 3,331
1940 to 1949: 2,793
1939 or earlier: 5,622

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Plainfield:
	no bedroom: 22 1 bedroom: 180 2 bedrooms: 1,077 3 bedrooms: 3,272 4 bedrooms: 2,046 5 or more bedrooms: 982

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plainfield:
	no bedroom: 637 1 bedroom: 2,695 2 bedrooms: 2,566 3 bedrooms: 1,271 4 bedrooms: 309 5 or more bedrooms: 80

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Plainfield in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 429 1 vehicle: 2,219 2 vehicles: 2,936 3 vehicles: 1,531 4 vehicles: 382 5 or more vehicles: 82

Cars and other vehicles available in Plainfield in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,181 1 vehicle: 3,544 2 vehicles: 1,345 3 vehicles: 366 4 vehicles: 84 5 or more vehicles: 38

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Plainfield, NJ:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 2
$25,000 to $29,999: 5
$30,000 to $34,999: 5
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 6
$50,000 to $59,999: 11
$60,000 to $69,999: 4
$70,000 to $79,999: 5
$80,000 to $89,999: 13
$90,000 to $99,999: 17
$100,000 to $124,999: 55
$125,000 to $149,999: 106
$150,000 to $174,999: 172
$175,000 to $199,999: 287
$200,000 to $249,999: 1159
$250,000 to $299,999: 1392
$300,000 to $399,999: 2620
$400,000 to $499,999: 671
$500,000 to $749,999: 521
$750,000 to $999,999: 181
$1,000,000 or more: 78

Plainfield rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Plainfield:

Less than $100: 178 people
$100 to $149: 102
$150 to $199: 128
$200 to $249: 121
$250 to $299: 148
$300 to $349: 125
$350 to $399: 59
$400 to $449: 124
$450 to $499: 120
$500 to $549: 154
$550 to $599: 214
$600 to $649: 128
$650 to $699: 296
$700 to $749: 398
$750 to $799: 454
$800 to $899: 1,131
$900 to $999: 1,038
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,791
$1,250 to $1,499: 277
$1,500 to $1,999: 201
$2,000 or more: 26
No cash rent: 80

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3,699 1990 to 1994: 2,427 1985 to 1989: 2,027 1980 to 1984: 1,267 1975 to 1979: 569 1970 to 1974: 752 1970 to 1974: 223 1965 to 1969: 363

Plainfield, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 32.2%
Number of people working at home: 293 (1.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 344
5 to 9 minutes: 1430
10 to 14 minutes: 2519
15 to 19 minutes: 3181
20 to 24 minutes: 3238
25 to 29 minutes: 1521
30 to 34 minutes: 4087
35 to 39 minutes: 668
40 to 44 minutes: 899
45 to 59 minutes: 1671
60 to 89 minutes: 1605
90 or more minutes: 949

Plainfield mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 13,814 (62%)
Carpooled: 4,762 (21%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,171 (5%)
Subway or elevated: 48 (0%)
Railroad: 708 (3%)
Taxi: 34 (0%)
Bicycle: 180 (1%)
Walked: 875 (4%)
Other means: 520 (2%)
Worked at home: 293 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1362
$10,000 to $14,999: 899
$15,000 to $19,999: 907
$20,000 to $24,999: 851
$25,000 to $29,999: 740
$30,000 to $34,999: 846
$35,000 to $39,999: 859
$40,000 to $44,999: 790
$45,000 to $49,999: 812
$50,000 to $59,999: 1397
$60,000 to $74,999: 1463
$75,000 to $99,999: 1851
$100,000 to $124,999: 1063
$125,000 to $149,999: 589
$150,000 to $199,999: 467
$200,000 or more: 253

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 32292

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2306

Jamaican: 1397

United States or American: 987

Italian: 900

Subsaharan African:: 728

German: 691

Irish: 658

English: 530

Polish: 490

African: 471

Barbadian: 252

West Indian: 194

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 193

Haitian: 182

Guyanese: 149

Nigerian: 145

Scotch-Irish: 130

Scottish: 119

Russian: 117

Ukrainian: 114

Hungarian: 104

Arab:: 99

British: 76

French (except Basque): 75

Swedish: 60

Lithuanian: 56

Sierra Leonean: 54

Portuguese: 49

Egyptian: 49

European: 46

Czech: 44

British West Indian: 41

Dutch: 39

Jordanian: 35

Slovak: 33

Canadian: 29

U.S. Virgin Islander: 29

Ghanian: 29

Czechoslovakian: 26

Austrian: 21

Bermudan: 18

Welsh: 16

Romanian: 15

Greek: 15

Pennsylvania German: 15

Northern European: 14

Brazilian: 14

Norwegian: 12

Finnish: 12

Lebanese: 11

Other Subsaharan African: 11

Croatian: 10

Scandinavian: 10

Latvian: 10

Turkish: 10

Danish: 10

Eastern European: 9

Liberian: 7

Alsatian: 7

Somalian: 6

Belgian: 6

Cape Verdean: 5

Slavic: 5

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 5

Syrian: 4

Swiss: 4

Celtic: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Guatemala (16%)
El Salvador (12%)
Ecuador (12%)
Jamaica (11%)
Honduras (9%)
Colombia (6%)
Mexico (6%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 24027
Northeast: 3987
Midwest: 652
South: 6302
West: 384

59% of Plainfield residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 382
Nursery to 4th grade: 191
5th and 6th grade: 817
7th and 8th grade: 636
9th grade: 396
10th grade: 558
11th grade: 563
12th grade, no diploma: 1,023
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,868
Less than 1 year of college: 808
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,622
Associate degree: 437
Bachelor's degree: 1,723
Master's degree: 571
Professional school degree: 209
Doctorate degree: 117

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 381
Nursery to 4th grade: 154
5th and 6th grade: 568
7th and 8th grade: 540
9th grade: 360
10th grade: 458
11th grade: 730
12th grade, no diploma: 1,015
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,593
Less than 1 year of college: 1,115
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,308
Associate degree: 774
Bachelor's degree: 1,961
Master's degree: 646
Professional school degree: 237
Doctorate degree: 60

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 25.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $61,877
Black householders: $42,627
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $31,630
Asian householders: $77,604
Some other race householders: $52,149
Two or more races householders: $67,646
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $52,114

Plainfield household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Plainfield household income for Black householders

Plainfield household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Plainfield household income for Asian householders

Plainfield household income for Some other race householders

Plainfield household income for Two or more races householders

Plainfield household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Plainfield marital status for males

Plainfield marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $349,891
Black or African American householders: $305,613
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $338,023
Asian householders: $394,626
Some other race householders: $282,789
Two or more races householders: $340,990
Hispanic or Latino householders: $296,711

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,674
One, attached: 601
Two: 2,264
3 or 4: 1,843
5 to 9: 745
10 to 19: 653
20 to 49: 1,159
50 or more: 1,212
Mobile homes: 29

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Plainfield:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (69%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%) Electricity (14%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 748

Here:	12.3%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 319

Here:	10.7%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 673

Here:	33.9%
New Jersey:	30.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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