Clearbrook vs Plainsboro Center

A side-by-side comparison of Clearbrook and Plainsboro Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearbrook and Plainsboro Center are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plainsboro Center has the higher population (2,683 vs 2,477 in Clearbrook). Plainsboro Center has the higher median household income ($117,363 vs $34,958 in Clearbrook). Plainsboro Center has the higher median home value ($474,300 vs $245,300 in Clearbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
Population	2,477	2,683
Median age	72.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,958	$117,363
Median home value	$245,300	$474,300
Median gross rent	$1,944	$1,817
Housing units	1,942	1,555
Homeownership rate	89.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	86.9%
Unemployment rate	20.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
Population	2,648 → 2,477 (-6.5%)	2,771 → 2,683 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $34,958 (-26.4%)	$102,833 → $117,363 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $245,300 (+36.3%)	$423,200 → $474,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,051 → $1,944 (-5.2%)	$1,636 → $1,817 (+11.1%)

Clearbrook

Population

2,6482,477

Median household income

$47,500$34,958

Median home value

$180,000$245,300

Median gross rent

$2,051$1,944

Plainsboro Center

Population

2,7712,683

Median household income

$102,833$117,363

Median home value

$423,200$474,300

Median gross rent

$1,636$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.0%
25 to 34	0.1%	32.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	3.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	23.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	31.4%	5.3%
75 and over	41.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	41.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	47.9%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	48.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
Drove alone	82.4%	48.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	37.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
1-unit, detached	24.0%	25.5%
1-unit, attached	73.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	39.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearbrook	Plainsboro Center
Poverty rate	17.8%	0.8%
Average household size	1.40	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1977	1978