Franklin Park vs North Plainfield

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin Park and North Plainfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Plainfield has the higher population (22,667 vs 13,327 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($111,508 vs $83,529 in North Plainfield). North Plainfield has the higher median home value ($350,700 vs $326,800 in Franklin Park).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
Population	13,327	22,667
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,508	$83,529
Median home value	$326,800	$350,700
Median gross rent	$2,074	$1,651
Housing units	5,338	8,109
Homeownership rate	56.6%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
Population	13,977 → 13,327 (-4.7%)	21,501 → 22,667 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$92,904 → $111,508 (+20.0%)	$69,566 → $83,529 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$283,100 → $326,800 (+15.4%)	$272,900 → $350,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,074 (+18.9%)	$1,382 → $1,651 (+19.5%)

Franklin Park

Population

13,97713,327

Median household income

$92,904$111,508

Median home value

$283,100$326,800

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,074

North Plainfield

Population

21,50122,667

Median household income

$69,566$83,529

Median home value

$272,900$350,700

Median gross rent

$1,382$1,651

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.2%
75 and over	3.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	18.8%
Black or African American	27.6%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	37.4%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	53.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
No high school diploma	6.6%	16.2%
High school graduate	16.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
Drove alone	64.1%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.1%
Public transit	6.8%	5.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.8%	7.9%
Other means	4.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
1-unit, detached	9.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	32.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	8.7%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	North Plainfield
Poverty rate	8.2%	14.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1992	1953