Hillsborough vs North Plainfield

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

Hillsborough 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 22,302 in Hillsborough). Hillsborough has the higher median household income ($142,275 vs $83,529 in North Plainfield). Hillsborough has the higher median home value ($411,400 vs $350,700 in North Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
Population	22,302	22,667
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$142,275	$83,529
Median home value	$411,400	$350,700
Median gross rent	$1,898	$1,651
Housing units	9,096	8,109
Homeownership rate	82.3%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
Population	20,539 → 22,302 (+8.6%)	21,501 → 22,667 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$126,765 → $142,275 (+12.2%)	$69,566 → $83,529 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $411,400 (+18.0%)	$272,900 → $350,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,692 → $1,898 (+12.2%)	$1,382 → $1,651 (+19.5%)

Hillsborough

Population

20,53922,302

Median household income

$126,765$142,275

Median home value

$348,500$411,400

Median gross rent

$1,692$1,898

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)

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.2%
75 and over	5.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	18.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	53.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
No high school diploma	4.3%	16.2%
High school graduate	17.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
Drove alone	70.1%	68.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.1%
Public transit	2.2%	5.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	23.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
1-unit, detached	43.1%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	33.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	13.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsborough	North Plainfield
Poverty rate	3.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1984	1953