Adams vs Plainville

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

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

Plainville has the higher population (212 vs 121 in Adams). Adams has the higher median household income ($142,938 vs $71,250 in Plainville). Adams has the higher median home value ($317,500 vs $96,900 in Plainville).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Plainville
Population	121	212
Median age	53.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,938	$71,250
Median home value	$317,500	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	66	95
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Plainville
Population	44 → 121 (+175.0%)	283 → 212 (-25.1%)
Median household income	—	$42,411 → $71,250 (+68.0%)
Median home value	—	$59,200 → $96,900 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)

Adams

Population

44121

Plainville

Population

283212

Median household income

$42,411$71,250

Median home value

$59,200$96,900

Median gross rent

$625$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Plainville
Under 5	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.2%
45 to 54	45.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	33.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Plainville
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	66.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Plainville
Drove alone	100.0%	92.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Plainville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Plainville
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1982	1945