Newville vs Plainfield

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

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

Newville has the higher population (1,269 vs 283 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($74,205 vs $62,599 in Newville). Newville has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $160,600 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Newville	Plainfield
Population	1,269	283
Median age	37.1 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,599	$74,205
Median home value	$161,300	$160,600
Median gross rent	$884	—
Housing units	568	141
Homeownership rate	50.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newville	Plainfield
Population	1,266 → 1,269 (+0.2%)	406 → 283 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$42,545 → $62,599 (+47.1%)	$39,135 → $74,205 (+89.6%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $161,300 (+32.8%)	$111,200 → $160,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $884 (+18.2%)	—

Newville

Population

1,2661,269

Median household income

$42,545$62,599

Median home value

$121,500$161,300

Median gross rent

$748$884

Plainfield

Population

406283

Median household income

$39,135$74,205

Median home value

$111,200$160,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newville	Plainfield
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	24.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	4.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	24.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	4.2%
75 and over	2.7%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newville	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newville	Plainfield
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.9%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newville	Plainfield
Drove alone	65.5%	72.0%
Carpooled	24.5%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newville	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	28.9%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	34.3%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Newville	Plainfield
Poverty rate	10.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1938	1980