Damar vs Plainville

A side-by-side comparison of Damar and Plainville: population, income, housing, and more.

Damar and Plainville are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plainville has the higher population (1,766 vs 150 in Damar). Plainville has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $42,167 in Damar). Since 2019, Damar's population has grown faster (-2.0% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Damar	Plainville
Population	150	1,766
Median age	51.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,167	$60,526
Median home value	—	$89,000
Median gross rent	$645	$767
Housing units	117	899
Homeownership rate	55.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damar	Plainville
Population	153 → 150 (-2.0%)	1,987 → 1,766 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $42,167 (+23.4%)	$52,127 → $60,526 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $49,000 (-43.2%)	$88,700 → $89,000 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $645 (+35.8%)	$577 → $767 (+32.9%)

Damar

Population

153150

Median household income

$34,167$42,167

Median home value

$86,300$49,000

Median gross rent

$475$645

Plainville

Population

1,9871,766

Median household income

$52,127$60,526

Median home value

$88,700$89,000

Median gross rent

$577$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damar	Plainville
Under 5	1.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	18.0%	11.2%
75 and over	11.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damar	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damar	Plainville
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damar	Plainville
Drove alone	71.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damar	Plainville
1-unit, detached	97.4%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Damar	Plainville
Poverty rate	19.3%	2.7%
Average household size	1.56	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1946	1957