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The median home value in Plainfield, NJ is $526,197 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.11% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$526,197
Year-over-Year
+0.11%
Population
55,975
Plainfield ranks #124 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 14.4% below the state's city median of $614,590. It sits in Union County, where the county-wide median is $641,174.
Plainfield police recorded a violent crime rate of 411 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,610 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Plainfield is $526,197. That's up 0.11% from a year earlier. That is about 14.4% below the typical county in New Jersey.
Homes in Plainfield are cheaper than Union County as a whole, where the median is $641,174 — a difference of about 17.9%.
Plainfield police reported 411 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 55,975. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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