Plainfield vs West Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Plainfield and West Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Plainfield and West Lafayette are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Lafayette has the higher population (2,759 vs 160 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($53,578 vs $45,364 in West Lafayette). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $92,300 in West Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
Population	160	2,759
Median age	65.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,578	$45,364
Median home value	$130,400	$92,300
Median gross rent	—	$723
Housing units	95	1,204
Homeownership rate	86.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
Population	114 → 160 (+40.4%)	2,307 → 2,759 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$55,893 → $53,578 (-4.1%)	$36,827 → $45,364 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $130,400 (+60.0%)	$72,500 → $92,300 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $723 (+13.9%)

Plainfield

Population

114160

Median household income

$55,893$53,578

Median home value

$81,500$130,400

West Lafayette

Population

2,3072,759

Median household income

$36,827$45,364

Median home value

$72,500$92,300

Median gross rent

$635$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	5.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	53.8%	11.2%
75 and over	3.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
No high school diploma	10.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	69.8%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
Drove alone	84.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
1-unit, detached	91.6%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	West Lafayette
Poverty rate	2.5%	30.6%
Average household size	1.84	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1956	1958