Plainfield Village vs Putnam

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

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

Putnam has the higher population (7,120 vs 2,260 in Plainfield Village). Putnam has the higher median household income ($63,209 vs $50,703 in Plainfield Village). Putnam has the higher median home value ($236,000 vs $227,500 in Plainfield Village).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
Population	2,260	7,120
Median age	28.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,703	$63,209
Median home value	$227,500	$236,000
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,124
Housing units	944	3,396
Homeownership rate	59.5%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
Population	1,920 → 2,260 (+17.7%)	6,615 → 7,120 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$53,800 → $50,703 (-5.8%)	$56,492 → $63,209 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $227,500 (+31.3%)	$177,100 → $236,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,161 (+34.7%)	$873 → $1,124 (+28.8%)

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

Putnam

Population

6,6157,120

Median household income

$56,492$63,209

Median home value

$177,100$236,000

Median gross rent

$873$1,124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
Under 5	14.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	16.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.6%
75 and over	9.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
No high school diploma	20.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
Drove alone	83.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
1-unit, detached	47.5%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	32.4%	40.3%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	12.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield Village	Putnam
Poverty rate	24.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1960	1954