ZIP Code 07080

South Plainfield is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The borough's name derives from Plainfield, which derived its name from a local estate or from its scenic location. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 23,385, reflecting an increase of 1,575 (+7.2%) from the 21,810 counted in the 2000 Census. South Plainfield was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 12, 1926, from portions of Piscataway Township, based on the results of a referendum passed on April 6, 1926. Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Avon Park, Hadley Airport, Holly Park and Samptown. The U.S. Census Bureau says the borough had a total area of 8.33 square miles (21.58 km²) of land and 0.04 square miles of water (0.42%) as of the 2000 census. The median household income in the borough was $92,263 (with a margin of error of +/ $5,066) and the median family income was $98,913 (+/ $4,289). Males had a median income of $61,480 (-/ $7,597) versus $48,639 (-/$4,924) for females. About 2.7% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18.

Geography

South Plainfield is the primary city name, but also S Plainfield are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is Borough of South Plainfield. Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Avon Park, Hadley Airport, Holly Park and Samptown.According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 8.33 square miles (21.58 km²) The borough is bordered by Piscataway Township on the south and west, Edison township on the east, and Plainfield on the north and Scotch Plains both in Union County. The borough has a population of 2,816. It is located on the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects to New York City and New Jersey via the Raritan River and the Delaware River. It has an elevation of 1,077.5 feet (396.5 meters) The township is located in New Jersey's Hudson County, which borders New Jersey and New York State. It also has an area of 0.04 square miles of water (0.42 km²), making it the smallest borough in the state. The township's population is 2,722. It was the largest borough in Hudson County in the early 1900s, and is the second largest in the county in the 20th century, after New Jersey’s Mount Vernon. The population of Mount Vernon, New Jersey, in the 1940s and 1950s was 1,827. It had a population in the 1950s and 1960s of 3,715. The current population of the borough is 3,822.

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 21,810 people, 7,151 households, and 5,856 families residing in the borough. The racial makeup of the borough was 77.74% White, 8.56% African American, 0.22% Native American, 7.57% Asian, 3.48% from other races, and 2.42% from two or more races. The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $92,263 (with a margin of error of +/ $5,066) and the median family income was$98,913 (+/ $4,289). About 2.7% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and. 2.5% ofThose age 65 or over. The borough has a population of 23,385, with 8,093 housing units. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.34. The median age was 40.2 years. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 92.1 males. The per capita income for the borough is $33,495 (-/ $1,546) The median income for a household was $67,466 (-/$7,597) and for a family was $72,745 (-/-$4,924).

Economy

PTC Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecule, orally administered treatments for orphan diseases. Tumi Inc. is a manufacturer of suitcases and bags for travel that was founded in 1975 by Charlie Clifford after serving in Peru with the Peace Corps. Jem Records was a record label that existed from 1970 to 1988, at the time principally known as the parent company of Passport Records; The label was resurrected in 2013 as Jem Recordings. JEM Records is a record company that existed between 1970 and 1988. The label is now known as JEM Recordings and is based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded by former Peace Corps member Charlie Clifford in 1975. It is one of the largest luggage manufacturers in the world, with a turnover of more than $1.5 billion per year. It has been in business for more than 40 years and employs more than 10,000 people. It also has its own brand of luggage, Tumi, which is sold in more than 100 countries around the world. The Tumi brand has been around since the 1970s and is owned by several of the world's largest clothing companies, including Gap and H&M, as well as a number of smaller companies. It was founded as a travel company by Clifford after he returned from Peru in 1975 and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the South American country. The brand is now owned by Tumi's parent company Tumi International, which also has a division called Tumi Travel, which sells bags and accessories.

Sports

The Plainfield Curling Club is a curling club in Plainfield, New Jersey. The club was established in 1963 and its two-sheet structure was completed in 1967. It is the only dedicated curling facility in New Jersey and the only one of its kind in the state. It has a total of eight curling sheets and a total capacity of 2,000 people. It was founded in 1963 by a group of local businessmen. The current club was formed in 1967 and is the first of its type in the U.S. to be established in a city. It opened its doors to the public in September of that year and has been in existence ever since. It also has a women's and men's curling section. The men's club has a men's and women's singles section as well as a ladies' section. It's the only New Jersey club to have its own two sheets of curling ice and has a full-time curling rink. The women's club also has its own curling and ice-skating rink, which is open to the general public. The two-sheets are used for curling events and the club's two- sheet structure is used for women's events. The only other New Jersey curling venue is the New Jersey Women's and Men's Curling Clubs, both of which are located in New York City. The New Jersey Men's and Women's Clubs have their own two- sheets of ice, which were built in the 1970s and 1980s.

Government

South Plainfield is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Bob Menendez (Harrison, term end 2025) Middlesex County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners, whose seven members are elected to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis. As of 2022, South Plainfield's Commissioners (with party affiliation, term-end year, and residence listed in parentheses) are:Commissioner Director Ronald G. Rios (D, Carteret, term as commissioner director ends December 31, 2024; term as deputy director ends 2022),Commissioner Deputy Director Shanti Narra (D, North Brunswick), County Clerk Nancy Pinkin (D), Sheriff Mildred S. Scott (D) and Surrogate Claribel Cortes (D). As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 14,119 registered voters in the borough, of which 4,368 were registered as Democrats, 2,235 as Republicans and 7,511 as Unaffiliated. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 57.9% of the vote (5,720 cast), ahead of Mitt Romney with 40.9%.

Education

The South Plainfield Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 202021 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,400 students and 304.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentteacher ratio of 11.2:1. The schools in the district (with 202021 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:Franklin Elementary School with 264 students in grades K-4, John F. Kennedy Elementary School, John E. Riley Elementary School and Grant School.Holy Savior Academy is a Catholic school serving students in preschool through eighth grade that operates under the supervision of Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Al-Minhaal Academy is an accredited, private Islamic school. Lincoln Technical Institute's campus is anredited, diesel technology school that was established in 1969 as a training center to accommodate the need for diesel mechanics. The district's high school is South Plainfied High School with 1,076 students ingrades 9-12 and 529 students in grade 7-8. The school's elementary and middle schools are: Roosevelt Elementary, Grant Elementary and John F Kennedy Elementary. The high school's middle school is: John E Riley Elementary and Grant Elementary, and the high school has 1,084 students in Grade 7-10 and 529Students in Grade 8-9. The elementary school and middle school are: Franklin Elementary, John Kennedy Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary.

Transportation

As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 108.02 miles (173.84 km) of roadways, of which 96.48 miles (155.27 km) were maintained by the municipality. Interstate 287 passes through in the southern area of the borough for almost 2 miles (3.2 km) The New Jersey Turnpike is accessible in neighboring Edison Township (via I-287). The major county roads that pass through include CR 501 (New Durham Road) along the southern border with Piscataway Township, CR 529 (Stelton Road) and CR 531 (Park Avenue) from Edison Township to the south to Plainfield to the north.NJ Transit provided bus service between the borough and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 114 route, to Newark on the 65 route and local service on the 819 line. The borough is located in the New Jersey Bay Area, which is part of the New York City metropolitan area. It is the only borough in New Jersey that does not share a border with the neighboring state of New York. It has a population of 2,715,000, making it one of the most densely populated boroughs in the United States. It also has the highest percentage of residents of any borough in the state, with 1.9% of its residents living in the borough. The city's population was 2,813,000 as of the end of 2010, up from 1,716,000 in 2009.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in South Plainfield, Middlesex County, New Jersey = 26.8. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 20. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in South Plainfield = 3.9 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 24,338 individuals with a median age of 39 age the population grows by 4.15% in South Plainfield, Middlesex County, New Jersey population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 2,933.7 residents per square mile of area (1,132.7/km²). There are average 3.04 people per household in the 7,370 households with an average household income of $80,521 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 8.70% of the available work force and has dropped -3.55% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 24.20%. The number of physicians in South Plainfield per 100,000 population = 254.3.

Weather

The annual rainfall in South Plainfield = 48.4 inches and the annual snowfall = 27.7 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 116. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 208. 86 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 22.8 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 48, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in South Plainfield, Middlesex County, New Jersey which are owned by the occupant = 86.44%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 49 years with median home cost = $284,620 and home appreciation of -9.08%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $23.65 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $8,181 per student. There are 13 students for each teacher in the school, 543 students for each Librarian and 634 students for each Counselor. 6.62% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 17.47% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 6.87% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).