Geography
Scotch Plains is placed at 40°38'Xviii" North, 74°22'26" West (Xl.638252, -74.373914).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the CDP has the amount locality of Xxiii.Fin km² (9.1 mi²). Twenty-three.Phoebe klick² (Ix.Unity mi²) of these are l& and Cypher.11% is a lake.

Demographics
Based on data from a censusof 2000, there are 22,732 people, 8,349 house, & 6,295 families living in the CDP. A population density is 966.6/km² (2,503.3/mi²). There are 8,479 housing units at an typical density of 360.5/km² (933.7/mi²). A typical home size is Deuce.71 & a typical personal size is Triad.Xvi.

A racial composition of the CDP: 78.88% White Xi.30% African American Seven.25% Asian Trinity.94% Hispanic or Latino of any race. Nought.95% from other races Zero.09% Native American Cipher.01% Pacific Islander Unity.52% from either 2 or additional races

the median income for a house in the CDP is $81,599, & the median income for a personal is $96,238. A per capita income for the CDP is $39,913. Males have a median income of $63,648 versus $43,714 for females. Terzetto.0% of the people & Two.0% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a number people, Two.0% of victims under a age of 18 & 7.0% of people 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.

Schools

Scotch Plains at home to 3 senior high & the vocational school. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is the independent public school for two Scotch Plains & Fanwood, serving about 1300 students. A Union County Magnet School, for talented students, is too depending around Scotch Plains. A Magnet School is publicly funded per conjunct revenue enhancement of Union County towns & town. It has some 260 students, of whom must use to enter a school. Union Catholic Regional High School (typically abbreviated UC), a buck private school, will bring around students from either the far reaches of Union County & possibly a select few area of Essex & Middlesex counties. a prominent total of students came from either the Woodbridge/Colonia Area, where the school experienced Two years ago erected the hoarding advertising, which has been taken down by nowadays.

Everthing of the schools of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood school territorial dominion come located in Scotch Plains.

Simple Schools: School One Evergreen Howard B. Brunner J. Ackerman Coles William J. McGinn

Middle Schools Park Middle School Terrill Middle School

High School Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School

Students from either either School 1, Evergreen plant & Brunner pool into Park Middle School, whereas students from Coles & McGinn pool into Terrill. Specifically, School A single is the just simple school that teaches English as a 2nd language, & McGinn is the exclusively school to receive Three stars on the NJ School Report Card.