Plainfield vs Wautoma

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

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

Wautoma has the higher population (1,882 vs 1,057 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($50,357 vs $36,250 in Wautoma). Wautoma has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $95,500 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Wautoma
Population	1,057	1,882
Median age	33.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,357	$36,250
Median home value	$95,500	$108,900
Median gross rent	$845	$725
Housing units	395	1,011
Homeownership rate	76.6%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Wautoma
Population	849 → 1,057 (+24.5%)	2,209 → 1,882 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $50,357 (+10.6%)	$36,898 → $36,250 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $95,500 (-3.0%)	$79,400 → $108,900 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $845 (+35.2%)	$696 → $725 (+4.2%)

Plainfield

Population

8491,057

Median household income

$45,536$50,357

Median home value

$98,500$95,500

Median gross rent

$625$845

Wautoma

Population

2,2091,882

Median household income

$36,898$36,250

Median home value

$79,400$108,900

Median gross rent

$696$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Wautoma
Under 5	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.1%
75 and over	9.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Wautoma
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Wautoma
No high school diploma	13.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	58.9%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Wautoma
Drove alone	76.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	14.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Wautoma
1-unit, detached	83.5%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	23.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Wautoma
Poverty rate	14.3%	23.7%
Average household size	2.87	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1946	1971