Frederika vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (379 vs 207 in Frederika). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($75,500 vs $48,750 in Frederika). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $101,600 in Frederika).

Population, income & housing

	Frederika	Plainfield
Population	207	379
Median age	45.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$75,500
Median home value	$101,600	$132,700
Median gross rent	—	$682
Housing units	125	183
Homeownership rate	89.5%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frederika	Plainfield
Population	346 → 207 (-40.2%)	517 → 379 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $48,750 (+7.3%)	$58,681 → $75,500 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $101,600 (+25.0%)	$82,700 → $132,700 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $616 (-19.7%)	$625 → $682 (+9.1%)

Frederika

Population

346207

Median household income

$45,417$48,750

Median home value

$81,300$101,600

Median gross rent

$767$616

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)

	Frederika	Plainfield
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	15.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.9%
75 and over	13.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frederika	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frederika	Plainfield
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	30.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frederika	Plainfield
Drove alone	87.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.8%
Public transit	1.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frederika	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	96.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frederika	Plainfield
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1950	1958