Newburg vs Plainfield

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

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

Newburg has the higher population (359 vs 283 in Plainfield). Newburg has the higher median household income ($97,853 vs $74,205 in Plainfield). Newburg has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $160,600 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Newburg	Plainfield
Population	359	283
Median age	39.9 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,853	$74,205
Median home value	$217,900	$160,600
Median gross rent	$1,344	—
Housing units	161	141
Homeownership rate	64.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburg	Plainfield
Population	295 → 359 (+21.7%)	406 → 283 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $97,853 (+84.2%)	$39,135 → $74,205 (+89.6%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $217,900 (+43.8%)	$111,200 → $160,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,344 (+42.5%)	—

Newburg

Population

295359

Median household income

$53,125$97,853

Median home value

$151,500$217,900

Median gross rent

$943$1,344

Plainfield

Population

406283

Median household income

$39,135$74,205

Median home value

$111,200$160,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newburg	Plainfield
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	24.0%
45 to 54	21.4%	4.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	24.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	4.2%
75 and over	0.8%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburg	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburg	Plainfield
No high school diploma	20.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburg	Plainfield
Drove alone	86.4%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	28.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburg	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	90.1%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Newburg	Plainfield
Poverty rate	6.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1954	1980