Plainfield vs Tripoli

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

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

Tripoli has the higher population (1,256 vs 379 in Plainfield). Tripoli has the higher median household income ($75,988 vs $75,500 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $116,200 in Tripoli).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Tripoli
Population	379	1,256
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,500	$75,988
Median home value	$132,700	$116,200
Median gross rent	$682	$888
Housing units	183	569
Homeownership rate	84.1%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Tripoli
Population	517 → 379 (-26.7%)	1,302 → 1,256 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$58,681 → $75,500 (+28.7%)	$57,386 → $75,988 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $132,700 (+60.5%)	$91,200 → $116,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $682 (+9.1%)	$555 → $888 (+60.0%)

Plainfield

Population

517379

Median household income

$58,681$75,500

Median home value

$82,700$132,700

Median gross rent

$625$682

Tripoli

Population

1,3021,256

Median household income

$57,386$75,988

Median home value

$91,200$116,200

Median gross rent

$555$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Tripoli
Under 5	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.3%
75 and over	9.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Tripoli
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Tripoli
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	46.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Tripoli
Drove alone	84.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Tripoli
1-unit, detached	95.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Tripoli
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1958	1957