Danville vs Plainfield

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

Danville 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 11,049 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($93,080 vs $85,074 in Plainfield). Danville has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $263,900 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Plainfield
Population	11,049	35,783
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,080	$85,074
Median home value	$269,400	$263,900
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,313
Housing units	4,364	13,271
Homeownership rate	70.3%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Plainfield
Population	9,923 → 11,049 (+11.3%)	32,879 → 35,783 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$77,806 → $93,080 (+19.6%)	$61,046 → $85,074 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $269,400 (+66.4%)	$170,400 → $263,900 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,118 (+29.2%)	$1,001 → $1,313 (+31.2%)

Danville

Population

9,92311,049

Median household income

$77,806$93,080

Median home value

$161,900$269,400

Median gross rent

$865$1,118

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)

	Danville	Plainfield
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.9%
75 and over	5.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	72.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Plainfield
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	28.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Plainfield
Drove alone	79.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.9%	12.9%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	72.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	15.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Plainfield
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1991	1998