Plainfield Village vs Quinebaug

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

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

Plainfield Village has the higher population (2,260 vs 1,163 in Quinebaug). Quinebaug has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $50,703 in Plainfield Village). Quinebaug has the higher median home value ($241,400 vs $227,500 in Plainfield Village).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
Population	2,260	1,163
Median age	28.2 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,703	$81,458
Median home value	$227,500	$241,400
Median gross rent	$1,161	—
Housing units	944	634
Homeownership rate	59.5%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
Population	1,920 → 2,260 (+17.7%)	1,484 → 1,163 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$53,800 → $50,703 (-5.8%)	$74,450 → $81,458 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $227,500 (+31.3%)	$198,900 → $241,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,161 (+34.7%)	—

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

Quinebaug

Population

1,4841,163

Median household income

$74,450$81,458

Median home value

$198,900$241,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
Under 5	14.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	2.8%
18 to 24	16.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	1.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	23.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	31.1%
75 and over	9.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
No high school diploma	20.5%	14.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	55.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
Drove alone	83.9%	51.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	34.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
1-unit, detached	47.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield Village	Quinebaug
Poverty rate	24.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.47	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1960	1968