Plainsboro Township, Middlesex County, NJ - Profile Data

24,167 Population 11.8 square miles 2,054.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

37.6 ±1.3 Median age

• a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 39.5 ±0.3
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$76,262 ±$6,096 Per capita income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $50,601 ±$489
• about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$131,638 ±$11,517 Median household income

• about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $111,549 ±$1,881
• about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

4.3% ±2.3% (1,013 ±538) Persons below poverty line

• about half the rate in Middlesex County: 8.6% 72,664 (±0.5% / ±4,149)
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

32.5 minutes ±0.8 (263,585 ±29,082) Mean travel time to work

• a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 31.2 11,036,355 (±0.3 / ±168,653)
• a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

9,853 ±383 Number of households

• Middlesex County: 307,782 ±1,150
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.4 ±0.1 (23,858 ±43) Persons per household

• about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.8 846,088 (±0 / ±339)
• about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

2.3% ±1.2% (144 ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% † 9,537 (±0.5% / ±973)
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

10,175 ±357 Number of housing units

• Middlesex County: 317,979 ±208
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$683,100 ±$42,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $462,900 ±$2,710
• about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

19.7% ±4.2% (4,744 ±1,013.8) Moved since previous year

• nearly double the rate in Middlesex County: 10.4% 89,375 (±0.5% / ±4,303.5)
• about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

97.7% ±5.4% (16,962 ±1,011.2) High school grad or higher

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 89.2% 536,965 (±0.9% / ±5,557.6)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

80.1% ±4.8% (13,894 ±896.6) Bachelor's degree or higher

• more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 45.6% 274,455 (±0.6% / ±3,622)
• nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

Language

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

Place of birth

50.3% ±3.1% (12,159 ±737) Foreign-born population

• about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 35.4% 308,388
• more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

1.6% ±1.1% (302 ±213) Population with veteran status

• about half the rate in Middlesex County: 3% 20,594 (±0.2% / ±1,093)
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

302 Total veterans ±213 300 Male ±213 2 Female ±5

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