Map of Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Plainfield is a city in New Jersey, United States, with a population of about 51,217. It lies at 40.6337°N, 74.4074°W, about 34 m above sea level. Plainfield is about 296 km (184 mi) northeast of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Edison, 13 km to the south.

Plainfield at a glance

Where is Plainfield?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 16 min on the shortest day to 15 h 05 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Plainfield

• Edison — 13 km south
• Linden — 14 km east
• Union — 14 km northeast
• New Brunswick — 17 km south
• Elizabeth — 17 km east
• Perth Amboy — 19 km southeast
• Sayreville — 20 km south
• Bridgewater — 21 km west
• Orange — 21 km northeast
• East Orange — 23 km northeast

Largest cities in New Jersey

• Newark — 281,944
• Jersey City — 264,290
• Paterson — 147,754
• Elizabeth — 129,007
• Edison — 102,548
• Trenton — 89,620
• Toms River — 88,791
• Clifton — 86,334
• Camden — 76,119
• Passaic — 71,085

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Other places named Plainfield

• Plainfield — Illinois, United States

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.