Plain City vs Washington Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Plain City and Washington Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Plain City and Washington Terrace are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washington Terrace has the higher population (9,196 vs 8,101 in Plain City). Plain City has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $79,971 in Washington Terrace). Plain City has the higher median home value ($532,300 vs $332,300 in Washington Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
Population	8,101	9,196
Median age	37.0 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,250	$79,971
Median home value	$532,300	$332,300
Median gross rent	$2,184	$1,084
Housing units	2,475	3,369
Homeownership rate	94.3%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
Population	6,867 → 8,101 (+18.0%)	9,162 → 9,196 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$74,714 → $126,250 (+69.0%)	$63,503 → $79,971 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $532,300 (+76.6%)	$172,800 → $332,300 (+92.3%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $2,184 (+196.7%)	$820 → $1,084 (+32.2%)

Plain City

Population

6,8678,101

Median household income

$74,714$126,250

Median home value

$301,500$532,300

Median gross rent

$736$2,184

Washington Terrace

Population

9,1629,196

Median household income

$63,503$79,971

Median home value

$172,800$332,300

Median gross rent

$820$1,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
Under 5	6.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	28.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	18.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	11.0%
75 and over	4.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
Drove alone	80.8%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	10.7%
Other means	2.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Plain City	Washington Terrace
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.3%
Average household size	3.42	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	2002	1971