New Lenox vs Plainfield

A side-by-side comparison of New Lenox and Plainfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plainfield has the higher population (45,705 vs 27,456 in New Lenox). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($142,265 vs $133,071 in New Lenox). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $377,500 in New Lenox).

Population, income & housing

	New Lenox	Plainfield
Population	27,456	45,705
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,071	$142,265
Median home value	$377,500	$398,000
Median gross rent	$1,244	$1,889
Housing units	9,473	14,499
Homeownership rate	91.2%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Lenox	Plainfield
Population	26,454 → 27,456 (+3.8%)	43,110 → 45,705 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$110,313 → $133,071 (+20.6%)	$130,614 → $142,265 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $377,500 (+28.1%)	$319,500 → $398,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,244 (+8.8%)	$1,795 → $1,889 (+5.2%)

New Lenox

Population

26,45427,456

Median household income

$110,313$133,071

Median home value

$294,800$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,244

Plainfield

Population

43,11045,705

Median household income

$130,614$142,265

Median home value

$319,500$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,795$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Lenox	Plainfield
Under 5	8.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Lenox	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Lenox	Plainfield
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	23.1%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Lenox	Plainfield
Drove alone	75.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.5%
Public transit	3.5%	1.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	21.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Lenox	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	81.0%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	New Lenox	Plainfield
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.99	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1997	2003