Plain vs Spring Green

A side-by-side comparison of Plain and Spring Green: population, income, housing, and more.

Plain and Spring Green are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Green has the higher population (1,499 vs 776 in Plain). Spring Green has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $85,938 in Plain). Spring Green has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $223,600 in Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Plain	Spring Green
Population	776	1,499
Median age	39.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,938	$89,375
Median home value	$223,600	$238,000
Median gross rent	$972	$1,012
Housing units	359	712
Homeownership rate	73.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain	Spring Green
Population	755 → 776 (+2.8%)	1,684 → 1,499 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)	$67,426 → $89,375 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)	$171,700 → $238,000 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)	$832 → $1,012 (+21.6%)

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

Spring Green

Population

1,6841,499

Median household income

$67,426$89,375

Median home value

$171,700$238,000

Median gross rent

$832$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain	Spring Green
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.7%
75 and over	7.5%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain	Spring Green
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain	Spring Green
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain	Spring Green
Drove alone	76.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	15.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain	Spring Green
1-unit, detached	80.2%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plain	Spring Green
Poverty rate	10.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1957	1972