Alfordsville vs Plainville

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

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

Plainville has the higher population (405 vs 33 in Alfordsville). Plainville has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $46,875 in Alfordsville). Alfordsville has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $90,700 in Plainville).

Population, income & housing

	Alfordsville	Plainville
Population	33	405
Median age	58.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$51,667
Median home value	$122,500	$90,700
Median gross rent	—	$793
Housing units	19	183
Homeownership rate	86.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfordsville	Plainville
Population	49 → 33 (-32.7%)	341 → 405 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $46,875 (+29.3%)	$37,232 → $51,667 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $122,500 (+61.6%)	$70,300 → $90,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $793 (+51.0%)

Alfordsville

Population

4933

Median household income

$36,250$46,875

Median home value

$75,800$122,500

Plainville

Population

341405

Median household income

$37,232$51,667

Median home value

$70,300$90,700

Median gross rent

$525$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfordsville	Plainville
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	24.0%
65 to 74	27.3%	7.2%
75 and over	12.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfordsville	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfordsville	Plainville
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	84.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfordsville	Plainville
Drove alone	91.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	8.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfordsville	Plainville
1-unit, detached	73.7%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Alfordsville	Plainville
Poverty rate	6.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	60	20
Median year structure built	1998	1953