Calhoun vs Plainville

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun and Plainville: population, income, housing, and more.

Calhoun and Plainville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calhoun has the higher population (17,611 vs 339 in Plainville). Calhoun has the higher median household income ($51,439 vs $38,750 in Plainville). Calhoun has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $161,800 in Plainville).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun	Plainville
Population	17,611	339
Median age	34.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,439	$38,750
Median home value	$240,700	$161,800
Median gross rent	$785	$921
Housing units	7,248	120
Homeownership rate	52.5%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun	Plainville
Population	16,940 → 17,611 (+4.0%)	379 → 339 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$35,761 → $51,439 (+43.8%)	$40,000 → $38,750 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $240,700 (+59.6%)	$84,300 → $161,800 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $785 (+14.1%)	$843 → $921 (+9.3%)

Calhoun

Population

16,94017,611

Median household income

$35,761$51,439

Median home value

$150,800$240,700

Median gross rent

$688$785

Plainville

Population

379339

Median household income

$40,000$38,750

Median home value

$84,300$161,800

Median gross rent

$843$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun	Plainville
Under 5	7.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	7.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	24.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	21.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.0%
75 and over	7.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	74.9%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun	Plainville
No high school diploma	22.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun	Plainville
Drove alone	80.2%	96.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun	Plainville
1-unit, detached	62.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun	Plainville
Poverty rate	18.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.66	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1984	1965