Clayton vs Plainfield

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

Clayton 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 874 in Clayton). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($85,074 vs $83,500 in Clayton). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($263,900 vs $214,900 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Plainfield
Population	874	35,783
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,500	$85,074
Median home value	$214,900	$263,900
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,313
Housing units	389	13,271
Homeownership rate	72.9%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Plainfield
Population	1,110 → 874 (-21.3%)	32,879 → 35,783 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$70,893 → $83,500 (+17.8%)	$61,046 → $85,074 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $214,900 (+57.6%)	$170,400 → $263,900 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,125 (+31.1%)	$1,001 → $1,313 (+31.2%)

Clayton

Population

1,110874

Median household income

$70,893$83,500

Median home value

$136,400$214,900

Median gross rent

$858$1,125

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)

	Clayton	Plainfield
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.9%
75 and over	6.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	72.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Plainfield
No high school diploma	8.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Plainfield
Drove alone	91.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	86.6%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	15.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Plainfield
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1955	1998