Plainville vs Ranger

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

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

Plainville has the higher population (339 vs 82 in Ranger). Plainville has the higher median home value ($161,800 vs $87,000 in Ranger). Since 2019, Plainville's population has grown faster (-10.6% vs -42.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Plainville	Ranger
Population	339	82
Median age	43.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	—
Median home value	$161,800	$87,000
Median gross rent	$921	—
Housing units	120	39
Homeownership rate	63.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainville	Ranger
Population	379 → 339 (-10.6%)	142 → 82 (-42.3%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $38,750 (-3.1%)	$23,906 → $29,219 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $161,800 (+91.9%)	$78,000 → $87,000 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $921 (+9.3%)	$836 → $939 (+12.3%)

Plainville

Population

379339

Median household income

$40,000$38,750

Median home value

$84,300$161,800

Median gross rent

$843$921

Ranger

Population

14282

Median household income

$23,906$29,219

Median home value

$78,000$87,000

Median gross rent

$836$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainville	Ranger
Under 5	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	7.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	24.5%	28.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	4.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.3%
55 to 64	21.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	3.7%
75 and over	2.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainville	Ranger
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainville	Ranger
No high school diploma	11.2%	44.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	55.1%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainville	Ranger
Drove alone	96.1%	53.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	36.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainville	Ranger
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Plainville	Ranger
Poverty rate	25.1%	35.4%
Average household size	3.17	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	42
Median year structure built	1965	1988