Plainville vs Washington

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

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

Washington has the higher population (12,192 vs 405 in Plainville). Plainville has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $50,000 in Washington). Washington has the higher median home value ($130,700 vs $90,700 in Plainville).

Population, income & housing

	Plainville	Washington
Population	405	12,192
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$50,000
Median home value	$90,700	$130,700
Median gross rent	$793	$854
Housing units	183	5,409
Homeownership rate	61.5%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainville	Washington
Population	341 → 405 (+18.8%)	12,412 → 12,192 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$37,232 → $51,667 (+38.8%)	$41,824 → $50,000 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $90,700 (+29.0%)	$86,300 → $130,700 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $793 (+51.0%)	$706 → $854 (+21.0%)

Plainville

Population

341405

Median household income

$37,232$51,667

Median home value

$70,300$90,700

Median gross rent

$525$793

Washington

Population

12,41212,192

Median household income

$41,824$50,000

Median home value

$86,300$130,700

Median gross rent

$706$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainville	Washington
Under 5	6.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	24.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.5%
75 and over	4.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainville	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainville	Washington
No high school diploma	7.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	43.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainville	Washington
Drove alone	74.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	16.8%	11.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.9%
Other means	4.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainville	Washington
1-unit, detached	79.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Plainville	Washington
Poverty rate	10.6%	17.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1953	1962