Marshfield vs Plainfield

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

Marshfield 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 431 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $44,698 in Plainfield). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($169,300 vs $163,800 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Plainfield
Population	431	441
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$44,698
Median home value	$169,300	$163,800
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,104
Housing units	138	254
Homeownership rate	83.7%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Plainfield
Population	284 → 431 (+51.8%)	321 → 441 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $81,875 (+33.7%)	$41,354 → $44,698 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $169,300 (+46.3%)	$176,600 → $163,800 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,136 (+45.6%)	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)

Marshfield

Population

284431

Median household income

$61,250$81,875

Median home value

$115,700$169,300

Median gross rent

$780$1,136

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)

	Marshfield	Plainfield
Under 5	2.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	22.7%
45 to 54	30.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.2%	10.0%
75 and over	6.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Plainfield
No high school diploma	36.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Plainfield
Drove alone	61.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	19.5%	10.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	17.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	69.6%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Plainfield
Poverty rate	4.4%	19.3%
Average household size	3.50	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938