Coloma vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (1,057 vs 564 in Coloma). Coloma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $50,357 in Plainfield). Coloma has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $95,500 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Coloma	Plainfield
Population	564	1,057
Median age	37.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$50,357
Median home value	$115,200	$95,500
Median gross rent	$847	$845
Housing units	256	395
Homeownership rate	76.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coloma	Plainfield
Population	416 → 564 (+35.6%)	849 → 1,057 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $71,875 (+61.2%)	$45,536 → $50,357 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $115,200 (+32.1%)	$98,500 → $95,500 (-3.0%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $847 (+27.4%)	$625 → $845 (+35.2%)

Coloma

Population

416564

Median household income

$44,583$71,875

Median home value

$87,200$115,200

Median gross rent

$665$847

Plainfield

Population

8491,057

Median household income

$45,536$50,357

Median home value

$98,500$95,500

Median gross rent

$625$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coloma	Plainfield
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.2%	23.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.0%
75 and over	5.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coloma	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coloma	Plainfield
No high school diploma	9.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	45.6%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coloma	Plainfield
Drove alone	89.2%	76.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coloma	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	84.4%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Coloma	Plainfield
Poverty rate	5.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1967	1946