Elnora vs Plainville

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

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

Elnora has the higher population (487 vs 405 in Plainville). Plainville has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $48,750 in Elnora). Plainville has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $90,500 in Elnora).

Population, income & housing

	Elnora	Plainville
Population	487	405
Median age	33.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$51,667
Median home value	$90,500	$90,700
Median gross rent	$809	$793
Housing units	266	183
Homeownership rate	71.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elnora	Plainville
Population	642 → 487 (-24.1%)	341 → 405 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$45,147 → $48,750 (+8.0%)	$37,232 → $51,667 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $90,500 (+37.1%)	$70,300 → $90,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $809 (+29.0%)	$525 → $793 (+51.0%)

Elnora

Population

642487

Median household income

$45,147$48,750

Median home value

$66,000$90,500

Median gross rent

$627$809

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)

	Elnora	Plainville
Under 5	10.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	24.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.2%
75 and over	5.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elnora	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elnora	Plainville
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	51.0%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elnora	Plainville
Drove alone	86.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.6%
Other means	3.4%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elnora	Plainville
1-unit, detached	85.0%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Elnora	Plainville
Poverty rate	14.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1946	1953