Plainville vs Zurich

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

Plainville and Zurich 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 70 in Zurich). Zurich has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $60,526 in Plainville). Plainville has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $56,700 in Zurich).

Population, income & housing

	Plainville	Zurich
Population	1,766	70
Median age	39.6 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$83,000
Median home value	$89,000	$56,700
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	899	65
Homeownership rate	74.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainville	Zurich
Population	1,987 → 1,766 (-11.1%)	85 → 70 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$52,127 → $60,526 (+16.1%)	$38,594 → $83,000 (+115.1%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $89,000 (+0.3%)	$36,900 → $56,700 (+53.7%)
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

Zurich

Population

8570

Median household income

$38,594$83,000

Median home value

$36,900$56,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainville	Zurich
Under 5	4.1%	20.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	7.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	1.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	21.4%
75 and over	8.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainville	Zurich
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	97.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainville	Zurich
No high school diploma	5.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	33.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainville	Zurich
Drove alone	85.6%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainville	Zurich
1-unit, detached	86.8%	98.5%
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%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Plainville	Zurich
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1957	1946