What is the population of Plainview city?

Plainview city has 2,276 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #193 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Plainview city?

Median household income in Plainview city is $61,343 a year, 21.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Plainview city?

Median gross rent is $873 a month and the median home value is $151,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.

Is Plainview city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Plainview city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Plainview, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Plainview, Tennessee (Plainview, TN — Census place “Plainview city”) is 2,276 residents, ranking #193 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $61,343, the median home is worth $151,200 and median gross rent runs $873 a month. Looking for the Plainview Tennessee ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Plainview, TN: 37721, 37779.

Population: 2,276Plainview city residents
Median household income: $61,343Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $151,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $873Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.3%Owner-occupied households

Plainview ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Plainview.

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

What the numbers mean in Plainview city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Plainview city median would spend about 17.1% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.8% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.

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

Plainview city, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Plainview city is a small town in Tennessee, with 2,276 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #193 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Plainview city earn a median of $61,343 a year, 21.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Plainview city is valued at $151,200, 50.2% below the national figure and 21% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $873 a month, 37.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,476 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.1% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Plainview city?: Plainview city has 2,276 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #193 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Plainview city?: Median household income in Plainview city is $61,343 a year, 21.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Plainview city?: Median gross rent is $873 a month and the median home value is $151,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.
Is Plainview city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Plainview city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Plainview city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.