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Plainfield township, Will County, IL

83,292 Population
33.2 square miles 2,508.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Will County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$42,960 ±$3,165 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Will County: $45,268 ±$1,237
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$113,443 ±$8,303 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Will County: $103,482 ±$3,061
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

6.7% ±3.4% (5,534  ±2,775) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Will County: 7.1% † 49,001 (±0.9% / ±6,455)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

33.3 minutes ±0.4 (1,275,555  ±53,849) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Will County: 31.7 9,710,705 (±0.4 / ±145,521)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

27,518 ±1,359 Number of households
  • Will County: 246,145 ±1,588
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
3 ±0.2 (82,819  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Will County: 2.8 692,551 (±0 / ±210)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

3.1% ±1.7% (698  ±387) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Will County: 5.1% † 8,398 (±1% / ±1,583)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

28,063 ±1,546 Number of housing units
  • Will County: 255,998 ±145
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$329,100 ±$10,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Will County: $322,200 ±$6,161
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

6.6% ±3.1% (5,426  ±2,527.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Will County: 7.2% † 49,857 (±0.8% / ±5,607.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

95.3% ±5.6% (51,083  ±3,587.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Will County: 91.7% 434,816
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
37.2% ±4.1% (19,931  ±2,349.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Will County: 36.6% 173,521
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11% ±3.5% (9,189  ±2,932) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Will County: 14.4% 101,188
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

4.4% ±1.3% (2,766  ±841) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Will County: 4.7% † 25,161 (±0.5% / ±2,548)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
2,766 Total veterans ±841 2,482 Male ±704 284 Female ±366

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