Moosup vs Plainfield Village

A side-by-side comparison of Moosup and Plainfield Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Moosup and Plainfield Village are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moosup has the higher population (3,218 vs 2,260 in Plainfield Village). Moosup has the higher median household income ($75,469 vs $50,703 in Plainfield Village). Moosup has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $227,500 in Plainfield Village).

Population, income & housing

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
Population	3,218	2,260
Median age	32.4 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,469	$50,703
Median home value	$269,000	$227,500
Median gross rent	$1,215	$1,161
Housing units	1,336	944
Homeownership rate	62.7%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
Population	4,173 → 3,218 (-22.9%)	1,920 → 2,260 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$57,200 → $75,469 (+31.9%)	$53,800 → $50,703 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $269,000 (+63.4%)	$173,300 → $227,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,215 (+21.1%)	$862 → $1,161 (+34.7%)

Moosup

Population

4,1733,218

Median household income

$57,200$75,469

Median home value

$164,600$269,000

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,215

Plainfield Village

Population

1,9202,260

Median household income

$53,800$50,703

Median home value

$173,300$227,500

Median gross rent

$862$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
Under 5	5.9%	14.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	27.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.9%
75 and over	6.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
No high school diploma	3.3%	20.5%
High school graduate	55.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
Drove alone	86.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
1-unit, detached	60.8%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moosup	Plainfield Village
Poverty rate	8.2%	24.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1969	1960