Plainfield vs Waterbury Center

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

Plainfield and Waterbury Center 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 228 in Waterbury Center). Waterbury Center has the higher median household income ($151,389 vs $44,698 in Plainfield). Waterbury Center has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $163,800 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
Population	441	228
Median age	41.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$151,389
Median home value	$163,800	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,104	—
Housing units	254	223
Homeownership rate	51.4%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
Population	321 → 441 (+37.4%)	211 → 228 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$41,354 → $44,698 (+8.1%)	$80,313 → $151,389 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $163,800 (-7.2%)	$237,500 → $292,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)	—

Plainfield

Population

321441

Median household income

$41,354$44,698

Median home value

$176,600$163,800

Median gross rent

$945$1,104

Waterbury Center

Population

211228

Median household income

$80,313$151,389

Median home value

$237,500$292,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	22.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	44.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.3%
75 and over	4.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	90.4%
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%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
Drove alone	68.3%	54.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
1-unit, detached	60.2%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Waterbury Center
Poverty rate	19.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938