Lima vs Plainville

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

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

Lima has the higher population (231 vs 212 in Plainville). Both have a median household income of $71,250. Plainville has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $89,200 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Lima	Plainville
Population	231	212
Median age	35.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$71,250
Median home value	$89,200	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	83	95
Homeownership rate	77.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lima	Plainville
Population	109 → 231 (+111.9%)	283 → 212 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$54,500 → $71,250 (+30.7%)	$42,411 → $71,250 (+68.0%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $89,200 (-6.1%)	$59,200 → $96,900 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)

Lima

Population

109231

Median household income

$54,500$71,250

Median home value

$95,000$89,200

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)

	Lima	Plainville
Under 5	13.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	26.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	24.2%	4.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	19.8%
65 to 74	5.2%	15.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lima	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	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	2.2%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lima	Plainville
No high school diploma	15.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lima	Plainville
Drove alone	78.1%	92.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	0.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lima	Plainville
1-unit, detached	88.0%	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	12.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Lima	Plainville
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1953	1945