Denver vs Plainfield

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

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

Denver has the higher population (2,216 vs 379 in Plainfield). Denver has the higher median household income ($90,156 vs $75,500 in Plainfield). Denver has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $132,700 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Denver	Plainfield
Population	2,216	379
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,156	$75,500
Median home value	$221,100	$132,700
Median gross rent	$788	$682
Housing units	869	183
Homeownership rate	84.0%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver	Plainfield
Population	1,726 → 2,216 (+28.4%)	517 → 379 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$67,228 → $90,156 (+34.1%)	$58,681 → $75,500 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $221,100 (+35.8%)	$82,700 → $132,700 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $788 (+34.0%)	$625 → $682 (+9.1%)

Denver

Population

1,7262,216

Median household income

$67,228$90,156

Median home value

$162,800$221,100

Median gross rent

$588$788

Plainfield

Population

517379

Median household income

$58,681$75,500

Median home value

$82,700$132,700

Median gross rent

$625$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denver	Plainfield
Under 5	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.9%
75 and over	7.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver	Plainfield
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver	Plainfield
Drove alone	84.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	7.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	82.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Denver	Plainfield
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1975	1958