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Scotch Plains, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Scotch Plains, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 23,480. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SCOTCH-PLAINS-NJ · Scotch Plains, NJ 1 ZIPs · 23,480 pop · #352/25278 · Union County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $183,655
  • RANK-TOP #352/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Summit
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 23,480
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $718,200

Nearest income peer: Summit, NJ ( $3,954 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Scotch Plains

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Scotch Plains on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Scotch Plains, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
23,480
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$183,655
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $183,655 and home value $718,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 64.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Scotch Plains as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Westwood is the closest lower-income city and Montville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Scotch Plains.

Population concentration

Scotch Plains reads through its lone ZIP, 07076

23,480 ACS residents, one ZIP: 07076 is not the leading code inside Scotch Plains, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Scotch Plains's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 574 establishments, 4,333 employees , annual payroll $183,338k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07076 (574 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (81) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Scotch Plains, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Union County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Scotch Plains. See the Union County roll-up →

Scotch Plains sits in the upper half of Union County on income: Elizabeth, Plainfield and Union report less, while Westfield reports more. Elizabeth marks the far end of that range at $65,614, 64% below Scotch Plains.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07076 23,480 $183,655 574 1,007
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Scotch Plains roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Scotch Plains, .