Plainville vs Stockton

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

Plainville and Stockton 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 1,521 in Stockton). Stockton has the higher median household income ($60,964 vs $60,526 in Plainville). Plainville has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $85,300 in Stockton).

Population, income & housing

	Plainville	Stockton
Population	1,766	1,521
Median age	39.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$60,964
Median home value	$89,000	$85,300
Median gross rent	$767	$719
Housing units	899	781
Homeownership rate	74.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainville	Stockton
Population	1,987 → 1,766 (-11.1%)	1,525 → 1,521 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$52,127 → $60,526 (+16.1%)	$45,288 → $60,964 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $89,000 (+0.3%)	$60,800 → $85,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $767 (+32.9%)	$518 → $719 (+38.8%)

Plainville

Population

1,9871,766

Median household income

$52,127$60,526

Median home value

$88,700$89,000

Median gross rent

$577$767

Stockton

Population

1,5251,521

Median household income

$45,288$60,964

Median home value

$60,800$85,300

Median gross rent

$518$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainville	Stockton
Under 5	4.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.9%
75 and over	8.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainville	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	94.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainville	Stockton
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainville	Stockton
Drove alone	85.6%	85.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainville	Stockton
1-unit, detached	86.8%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Plainville	Stockton
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	13	12
Median year structure built	1957	1955