Plainfield Village vs South Woodstock

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

Plainfield Village and South Woodstock 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 1,294 in South Woodstock). South Woodstock has the higher median household income ($88,182 vs $50,703 in Plainfield Village). South Woodstock has the higher median home value ($248,500 vs $227,500 in Plainfield Village).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
Population	2,260	1,294
Median age	28.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,703	$88,182
Median home value	$227,500	$248,500
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,179
Housing units	944	661
Homeownership rate	59.5%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
Population	1,920 → 2,260 (+17.7%)	1,408 → 1,294 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$53,800 → $50,703 (-5.8%)	$78,750 → $88,182 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $227,500 (+31.3%)	$235,100 → $248,500 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,161 (+34.7%)	$1,121 → $1,179 (+5.2%)

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

South Woodstock

Population

1,4081,294

Median household income

$78,750$88,182

Median home value

$235,100$248,500

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
Under 5	14.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	16.0%	20.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.2%
75 and over	9.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	94.3%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
No high school diploma	20.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
Drove alone	83.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
1-unit, detached	47.5%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	32.4%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	29.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield Village	South Woodstock
Poverty rate	24.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1960	1983