Plainfield vs Wild Rose

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

Plainfield and Wild Rose 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 942 in Wild Rose). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($50,357 vs $46,491 in Wild Rose). Wild Rose has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $95,500 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
Population	1,057	942
Median age	33.5 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,357	$46,491
Median home value	$95,500	$110,800
Median gross rent	$845	$837
Housing units	395	512
Homeownership rate	76.6%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
Population	849 → 1,057 (+24.5%)	850 → 942 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $50,357 (+10.6%)	$42,955 → $46,491 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $95,500 (-3.0%)	$93,200 → $110,800 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $845 (+35.2%)	$671 → $837 (+24.7%)

Plainfield

Population

8491,057

Median household income

$45,536$50,357

Median home value

$98,500$95,500

Median gross rent

$625$845

Wild Rose

Population

850942

Median household income

$42,955$46,491

Median home value

$93,200$110,800

Median gross rent

$671$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
Under 5	4.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	23.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.1%
75 and over	9.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
No high school diploma	13.9%	18.8%
High school graduate	58.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
Drove alone	76.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	14.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
1-unit, detached	83.5%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Wild Rose
Poverty rate	14.3%	15.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1946	1964