Plainfield Village vs Wauregan

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

Plainfield Village and Wauregan 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 1,209 in Wauregan). Wauregan has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $50,703 in Plainfield Village). Wauregan has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $227,500 in Plainfield Village).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
Population	2,260	1,209
Median age	28.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,703	$90,625
Median home value	$227,500	$240,400
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,175
Housing units	944	484
Homeownership rate	59.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
Population	1,920 → 2,260 (+17.7%)	1,458 → 1,209 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$53,800 → $50,703 (-5.8%)	$80,119 → $90,625 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $227,500 (+31.3%)	$160,900 → $240,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,161 (+34.7%)	$1,129 → $1,175 (+4.1%)

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

Wauregan

Population

1,4581,209

Median household income

$80,119$90,625

Median home value

$160,900$240,400

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
Under 5	14.8%	10.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	16.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	19.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.4%
75 and over	9.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	67.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
No high school diploma	20.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
Drove alone	83.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
1-unit, detached	47.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	32.4%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield Village	Wauregan
Poverty rate	24.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1960	1958