New Brunswick vs South Plainfield

A side-by-side comparison of New Brunswick and South Plainfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Brunswick has the higher population (55,744 vs 24,231 in South Plainfield). South Plainfield has the higher median household income ($126,063 vs $60,248 in New Brunswick). South Plainfield has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $316,800 in New Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
Population	55,744	24,231
Median age	24.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,248	$126,063
Median home value	$316,800	$443,900
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,928
Housing units	17,071	8,443
Homeownership rate	21.8%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
Population	55,960 → 55,744 (-0.4%)	23,956 → 24,231 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$43,783 → $60,248 (+37.6%)	$101,565 → $126,063 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$251,100 → $316,800 (+26.2%)	$340,200 → $443,900 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,470 → $1,790 (+21.8%)	$1,702 → $1,928 (+13.3%)

New Brunswick

Population

55,96055,744

Median household income

$43,783$60,248

Median home value

$251,100$316,800

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,790

South Plainfield

Population

23,95624,231

Median household income

$101,565$126,063

Median home value

$340,200$443,900

Median gross rent

$1,702$1,928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	29.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	3.9%	11.0%
75 and over	2.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	25.1%	50.6%
Black or African American	11.9%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.4%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	51.1%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
No high school diploma	34.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
Drove alone	41.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.0%
Public transit	4.6%	2.1%
Walked	14.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.3%
Other means	13.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
1-unit, detached	22.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	26.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	25.1%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Brunswick	South Plainfield
Poverty rate	31.6%	3.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1967	1962