What is the population of Plainfield town?

Plainfield town has 35,783 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Plainfield town?

Median household income in Plainfield town is $85,074 a year, 8.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Plainfield town?

Median gross rent is $1,313 a month and the median home value is $263,900, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Plainfield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Plainfield town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Plainfield, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Plainfield, Indiana (Plainfield, IN — Census place “Plainfield town”) is 35,783 residents, ranking #27 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $85,074, the median home is worth $263,900 and median gross rent runs $1,313 a month. Looking for the Plainfield Indiana ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Plainfield, IN: 46168, 46231.

Population: 35,783Plainfield town residents
Median household income: $85,074Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $263,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,313Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.7%Owner-occupied households

Plainfield ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Plainfield.

The Plainfield IN ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Plainfield town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Plainfield town median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.4% of residents and 63.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Plainfield town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Plainfield town is a small city in Indiana, with 35,783 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 38 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Plainfield town earn a median of $85,074 a year, 8.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 38% above the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Plainfield town is valued at $263,900, 13% below the national figure and 81% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,313 a month, 6.6% below the national figure, or roughly $15,756 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Plainfield town?: Plainfield town has 35,783 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Plainfield town?: Median household income in Plainfield town is $85,074 a year, 8.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Plainfield town?: Median gross rent is $1,313 a month and the median home value is $263,900, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Plainfield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Plainfield town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Plainfield town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.