Dorr vs Plainwell

A side-by-side comparison of Dorr and Plainwell: population, income, housing, and more.

Dorr and Plainwell are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dorr has the higher population (3,952 vs 3,764 in Plainwell). Dorr has the higher median household income ($95,575 vs $65,846 in Plainwell). Dorr has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $191,100 in Plainwell).

Population, income & housing

	Dorr	Plainwell
Population	3,952	3,764
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,575	$65,846
Median home value	$262,400	$191,100
Median gross rent	—	$860
Housing units	1,461	1,531
Homeownership rate	98.1%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorr	Plainwell
Population	4,282 → 3,952 (-7.7%)	3,785 → 3,764 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$77,862 → $95,575 (+22.7%)	$59,449 → $65,846 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $262,400 (+39.6%)	$131,400 → $191,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $1,077 (+96.9%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

Dorr

Population

4,2823,952

Median household income

$77,862$95,575

Median home value

$188,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$547$1,077

Plainwell

Population

3,7853,764

Median household income

$59,449$65,846

Median home value

$131,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$687$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorr	Plainwell
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	31.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	19.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	13.3%
75 and over	1.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorr	Plainwell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorr	Plainwell
No high school diploma	13.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorr	Plainwell
Drove alone	83.8%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorr	Plainwell
1-unit, detached	97.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorr	Plainwell
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1982	1965