Graniteville vs Plainfield

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

Graniteville 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 362 in Graniteville). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($44,698 vs $36,349 in Graniteville). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $140,900 in Graniteville).

Population, income & housing

	Graniteville	Plainfield
Population	362	441
Median age	33.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,349	$44,698
Median home value	$140,900	$163,800
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,104
Housing units	305	254
Homeownership rate	25.8%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graniteville	Plainfield
Population	865 → 362 (-58.2%)	321 → 441 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $36,349 (-32.4%)	$41,354 → $44,698 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $140,900 (+21.3%)	$176,600 → $163,800 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,087 (+20.0%)	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)

Graniteville

Population

865362

Median household income

$53,750$36,349

Median home value

$116,200$140,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,087

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)

	Graniteville	Plainfield
Under 5	3.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	30.9%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	22.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	29.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.6%	10.0%
75 and over	6.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graniteville	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	27.9%	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	0.0%	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+

	Graniteville	Plainfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graniteville	Plainfield
Drove alone	94.4%	68.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graniteville	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	32.8%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	42.3%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Graniteville	Plainfield
Poverty rate	8.3%	19.3%
Average household size	1.58	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938