Cabot vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (441 vs 219 in Cabot). Cabot has the higher median household income ($66,167 vs $44,698 in Plainfield). Cabot has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $163,800 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Cabot	Plainfield
Population	219	441
Median age	47.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,167	$44,698
Median home value	$181,300	$163,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,104
Housing units	122	254
Homeownership rate	73.0%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabot	Plainfield
Population	182 → 219 (+20.3%)	321 → 441 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$29,583 → $66,167 (+123.7%)	$41,354 → $44,698 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $181,300 (+45.0%)	$176,600 → $163,800 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $814 (+43.6%)	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)

Cabot

Population

182219

Median household income

$29,583$66,167

Median home value

$125,000$181,300

Median gross rent

$567$814

Plainfield

Population

321441

Median household income

$41,354$44,698

Median home value

$176,600$163,800

Median gross rent

$945$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabot	Plainfield
Under 5	1.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.1%
18 to 24	19.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	0.5%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	22.7%
45 to 54	28.8%	16.8%
55 to 64	1.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabot	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabot	Plainfield
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabot	Plainfield
Drove alone	42.3%	68.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabot	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	78.7%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cabot	Plainfield
Poverty rate	6.8%	19.3%
Average household size	2.19	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938