Clinton vs Plain View

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Plain View: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton and Plain View are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clinton has the higher population (8,336 vs 1,647 in Plain View). Plain View has the higher median household income ($75,058 vs $42,344 in Clinton). Plain View has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $185,600 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Plain View
Population	8,336	1,647
Median age	39.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,344	$75,058
Median home value	$185,600	$205,700
Median gross rent	$754	$850
Housing units	3,417	783
Homeownership rate	46.4%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Plain View
Population	8,504 → 8,336 (-2.0%)	1,853 → 1,647 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$32,359 → $42,344 (+30.9%)	$58,663 → $75,058 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $185,600 (+51.3%)	$152,300 → $205,700 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $754 (+13.6%)	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)

Clinton

Population

8,5048,336

Median household income

$32,359$42,344

Median home value

$122,700$185,600

Median gross rent

$664$754

Plain View

Population

1,8531,647

Median household income

$58,663$75,058

Median home value

$152,300$205,700

Median gross rent

$525$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Plain View
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.1%
75 and over	10.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Plain View
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	80.4%
Black or African American	40.7%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Plain View
No high school diploma	17.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Plain View
Drove alone	76.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	17.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Plain View
1-unit, detached	67.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Plain View
Poverty rate	23.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1975	1995