Plainville vs Woodston

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

Plainville and Woodston 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 95 in Woodston). Plainville has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $50,795 in Woodston). Plainville has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $37,500 in Woodston).

Population, income & housing

	Plainville	Woodston
Population	1,766	95
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$50,795
Median home value	$89,000	$37,500
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	899	82
Homeownership rate	74.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainville	Woodston
Population	1,987 → 1,766 (-11.1%)	108 → 95 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$52,127 → $60,526 (+16.1%)	$29,167 → $50,795 (+74.2%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $89,000 (+0.3%)	$14,800 → $37,500 (+153.4%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $767 (+32.9%)	—

Plainville

Population

1,9871,766

Median household income

$52,127$60,526

Median home value

$88,700$89,000

Median gross rent

$577$767

Woodston

Population

10895

Median household income

$29,167$50,795

Median home value

$14,800$37,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainville	Woodston
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	27.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	1.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	26.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	2.1%
75 and over	8.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainville	Woodston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainville	Woodston
No high school diploma	5.9%	29.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainville	Woodston
Drove alone	85.6%	90.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainville	Woodston
1-unit, detached	86.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainville	Woodston
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	13	34
Median year structure built	1957	1938