Pittsboro vs Plainfield

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

Pittsboro 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 3,988 in Pittsboro). Pittsboro has the higher median household income ($125,133 vs $85,074 in Plainfield). Pittsboro has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $263,900 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
Population	3,988	35,783
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,133	$85,074
Median home value	$289,700	$263,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,313
Housing units	1,442	13,271
Homeownership rate	98.2%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
Population	3,396 → 3,988 (+17.4%)	32,879 → 35,783 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $125,133 (+61.5%)	$61,046 → $85,074 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $289,700 (+78.4%)	$170,400 → $263,900 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,012 (+9.8%)	$1,001 → $1,313 (+31.2%)

Pittsboro

Population

3,3963,988

Median household income

$77,500$125,133

Median home value

$162,400$289,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,012

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)

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
Under 5	8.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.9%
75 and over	2.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	72.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
Drove alone	77.9%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Pittsboro	Plainfield
Poverty rate	0.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2004	1998