Hancock vs Plainfield

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

Hancock 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 439 in Hancock). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($50,357 vs $48,255 in Hancock). Hancock has the higher median home value ($147,200 vs $95,500 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock	Plainfield
Population	439	1,057
Median age	44.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,255	$50,357
Median home value	$147,200	$95,500
Median gross rent	$677	$845
Housing units	301	395
Homeownership rate	70.1%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock	Plainfield
Population	413 → 439 (+6.3%)	849 → 1,057 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $48,255 (+37.9%)	$45,536 → $50,357 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $147,200 (+112.1%)	$98,500 → $95,500 (-3.0%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $677 (+20.9%)	$625 → $845 (+35.2%)

Hancock

Population

413439

Median household income

$35,000$48,255

Median home value

$69,400$147,200

Median gross rent

$560$677

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)

	Hancock	Plainfield
Under 5	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock	Plainfield
No high school diploma	14.9%	13.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock	Plainfield
Drove alone	60.8%	76.5%
Carpooled	21.7%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	83.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Hancock	Plainfield
Poverty rate	27.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1968	1946