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About Plainfield
City in Union County, New Jersey, USPlainfield is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nicknamed "The Queen City," it serves as both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of the New York Metropolitan area, located in the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population, majority Latino for the first time, was 54,586. This was an increase of 4,778 (+9.6%) from the 2010 census count of 49,808, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,979 (+4.1%) from the 47,829 counted in the 2000 census. In 2023, the Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 54,670. The area of present-day Plainfield was originally formed as Plainfield Township, a township that…
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Housing in Plainfield
The typical Plainfield home is worth about $520,000, up 0.6% in a year, 10% below the New Jersey typical home.
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Safety in Plainfield
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Plainfield's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Health in Plainfield
Health Grade C−
Healthier than 24% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with New Jersey
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 7 are too close to call.
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Schools in Plainfield
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The public schools Plainfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 94% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.
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