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Plainfield, IL

45,705 Population
25.5 square miles 1,794 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,675 ±$2,715 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$142,265 ±$5,529 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

4.1% ±1.6% (1,878  ±743) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

34.1 minutes ±1 (628,100  ±39,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

14,205 ±473 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
3.2 ±0.1 (45,458  ±221) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.9% ±2.1% (679  ±246) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

14,499 ±474 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$398,000 ±$11,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

7.7% ±1.6% (3,473  ±733.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.4% ±3.9% (27,250  ±1,328.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
54.9% ±3.2% (15,674  ±1,005) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

13.4% ±1.9% (6,114  ±869) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4% ±0.8% (1,267  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,267 Total veterans ±249 1,129 Male ±209 138 Female ±86

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