New Kingstown vs Plainfield

A side-by-side comparison of New Kingstown and Plainfield: population, income, housing, and more.

New Kingstown and Plainfield are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Kingstown has the higher population (439 vs 283 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($74,205 vs $2,499 in New Kingstown). New Kingstown has the higher median home value ($217,300 vs $160,600 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
Population	439	283
Median age	50.4 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$2,499	$74,205
Median home value	$217,300	$160,600
Housing units	290	141
Homeownership rate	54.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
Population	709 → 439 (-38.1%)	406 → 283 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$48,388 → $2,499 (-94.8%)	$39,135 → $74,205 (+89.6%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $217,300 (+39.0%)	$111,200 → $160,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,146 (+4.6%)	—

New Kingstown

Population

709439

Median household income

$48,388$2,499

Median home value

$156,300$217,300

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,146

Plainfield

Population

406283

Median household income

$39,135$74,205

Median home value

$111,200$160,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	19.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.9%	24.0%
45 to 54	35.3%	4.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	24.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.2%
75 and over	10.3%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
No high school diploma	17.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
Drove alone	82.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	17.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	79.3%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	New Kingstown	Plainfield
Poverty rate	39.4%	16.3%
Average household size	1.51	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1938	1980