Plainfield vs Readlyn

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

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

Readlyn has the higher population (764 vs 379 in Plainfield). Readlyn has the higher median household income ($83,393 vs $75,500 in Plainfield). Readlyn has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $132,700 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Readlyn
Population	379	764
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,500	$83,393
Median home value	$132,700	$164,600
Median gross rent	$682	$588
Housing units	183	309
Homeownership rate	84.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Readlyn
Population	517 → 379 (-26.7%)	780 → 764 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$58,681 → $75,500 (+28.7%)	$69,750 → $83,393 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $132,700 (+60.5%)	$130,400 → $164,600 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $682 (+9.1%)	$522 → $588 (+12.6%)

Plainfield

Population

517379

Median household income

$58,681$75,500

Median home value

$82,700$132,700

Median gross rent

$625$682

Readlyn

Population

780764

Median household income

$69,750$83,393

Median home value

$130,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$522$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Readlyn
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.6%
75 and over	9.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Readlyn
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Readlyn
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	46.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Readlyn
Drove alone	84.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Readlyn
1-unit, detached	95.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	12.0%
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

	Plainfield	Readlyn
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1958	1958