Plainfield is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 54,670 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Plainfield is the 26th largest community in New Jersey.Plainfield is a blue-collar town, with 37.15% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Plainfield is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plainfield who work in maintenance occupations (9.91%), office and administrative support (9.28%), and sales jobs (8.98%). In Plainfield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the city is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. For the size of the city, public transportation in Plainfield is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking taxis. For Plainfield, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The population of Plainfield overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Plainfield, 22.99% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Plainfield in 2022 was $28,788, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,152 for a family of four. However, Plainfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Plainfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plainfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Plainfield, accounting for 52.36% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Plainfield residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Plainfield include Jamaican, Haitian, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Italian, and African. Foreign born people are also an important part of Plainfield's cultural character, accounting for 39.26% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Plainfield is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.
