Columbus vs Plainville

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

Columbus 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 105 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $71,250 in Plainville). Columbus has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $96,900 in Plainville).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Plainville
Population	105	212
Median age	33.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$71,250
Median home value	$105,400	$96,900
Median gross rent	$875	$688
Housing units	42	95
Homeownership rate	81.6%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Plainville
Population	71 → 105 (+47.9%)	283 → 212 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $72,500 (+14.9%)	$42,411 → $71,250 (+68.0%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $105,400 (+0.4%)	$59,200 → $96,900 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $875 (+5.4%)	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)

Columbus

Population

71105

Median household income

$63,125$72,500

Median home value

$105,000$105,400

Median gross rent

$830$875

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)

	Columbus	Plainville
Under 5	5.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.6%
55 to 64	4.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.6%
75 and over	5.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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+

	Columbus	Plainville
No high school diploma	1.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	56.9%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Plainville
Drove alone	87.5%	92.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Plainville
1-unit, detached	81.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Plainville
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	1973	1945