Sayreville vs South Plainfield

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

Sayreville 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.

Sayreville has the higher population (45,237 vs 24,231 in South Plainfield). South Plainfield has the higher median household income ($126,063 vs $98,629 in Sayreville). South Plainfield has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $407,600 in Sayreville).

Population, income & housing

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
Population	45,237	24,231
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,629	$126,063
Median home value	$407,600	$443,900
Median gross rent	$1,641	$1,928
Housing units	17,435	8,443
Homeownership rate	62.6%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
Population	44,292 → 45,237 (+2.1%)	23,956 → 24,231 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$81,883 → $98,629 (+20.5%)	$101,565 → $126,063 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$302,800 → $407,600 (+34.6%)	$340,200 → $443,900 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,332 → $1,641 (+23.2%)	$1,702 → $1,928 (+13.3%)

Sayreville

Population

44,29245,237

Median household income

$81,883$98,629

Median home value

$302,800$407,600

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,641

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)

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.0%
75 and over	5.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	50.6%
Black or African American	12.4%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	16.8%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
Drove alone	70.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.0%
Public transit	5.5%	2.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
1-unit, detached	51.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sayreville	South Plainfield
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1973	1962