Avon vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (35,783 vs 22,683 in Avon). Avon has the higher median household income ($97,589 vs $85,074 in Plainfield). Avon has the higher median home value ($300,600 vs $263,900 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Plainfield
Population	22,683	35,783
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,589	$85,074
Median home value	$300,600	$263,900
Median gross rent	$1,509	$1,313
Housing units	8,851	13,271
Homeownership rate	71.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Plainfield
Population	17,453 → 22,683 (+30.0%)	32,879 → 35,783 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$94,213 → $97,589 (+3.6%)	$61,046 → $85,074 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $300,600 (+42.7%)	$170,400 → $263,900 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,149 → $1,509 (+31.3%)	$1,001 → $1,313 (+31.2%)

Avon

Population

17,45322,683

Median household income

$94,213$97,589

Median home value

$210,600$300,600

Median gross rent

$1,149$1,509

Plainfield

Population

32,87935,783

Median household income

$61,046$85,074

Median home value

$170,400$263,900

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Plainfield
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.9%
75 and over	4.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	72.3%
Black or African American	14.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Plainfield
No high school diploma	8.5%	10.1%
High school graduate	21.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Plainfield
Drove alone	76.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.6%	12.9%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	72.5%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	15.2%
20 or more units	5.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Plainfield
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2003	1998