Plainfield vs Waterbury

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

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

Waterbury has the higher population (1,728 vs 441 in Plainfield). Waterbury has the higher median household income ($59,934 vs $44,698 in Plainfield). Waterbury has the higher median home value ($332,900 vs $163,800 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Waterbury
Population	441	1,728
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$59,934
Median home value	$163,800	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,104	$984
Housing units	254	1,029
Homeownership rate	51.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Waterbury
Population	321 → 441 (+37.4%)	1,841 → 1,728 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$41,354 → $44,698 (+8.1%)	$65,347 → $59,934 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $163,800 (-7.2%)	$257,000 → $332,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)	$986 → $984 (-0.2%)

Plainfield

Population

321441

Median household income

$41,354$44,698

Median home value

$176,600$163,800

Median gross rent

$945$1,104

Waterbury

Population

1,8411,728

Median household income

$65,347$59,934

Median home value

$257,000$332,900

Median gross rent

$986$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury
Under 5	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	4.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	22.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.2%
75 and over	4.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Waterbury
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.5%
High school graduate	27.6%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury
Drove alone	68.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury
1-unit, detached	60.2%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Waterbury
Poverty rate	19.3%	15.8%
Average household size	1.82	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1938	1951