Palco vs Plainville

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

Palco 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 214 in Palco). Plainville has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $52,292 in Palco). Plainville has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $69,500 in Palco).

Population, income & housing

	Palco	Plainville
Population	214	1,766
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$60,526
Median home value	$69,500	$89,000
Median gross rent	$538	$767
Housing units	132	899
Homeownership rate	84.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palco	Plainville
Population	157 → 214 (+36.3%)	1,987 → 1,766 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $52,292 (+52.1%)	$52,127 → $60,526 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $69,500 (+22.6%)	$88,700 → $89,000 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$381 → $538 (+41.2%)	$577 → $767 (+32.9%)

Palco

Population

157214

Median household income

$34,375$52,292

Median home value

$56,700$69,500

Median gross rent

$381$538

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)

	Palco	Plainville
Under 5	10.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	4.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.2%
75 and over	21.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palco	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	7.9%	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	6.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palco	Plainville
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.2%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palco	Plainville
Drove alone	92.2%	85.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Palco	Plainville
1-unit, detached	93.2%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Palco	Plainville
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1952	1957