Plainville is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 495 people and just one neighborhood, Plainville is the 407th largest community in Indiana. Plainville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Plainville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.55% of Plainville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Plainville is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Plainville who work in management occupations (7.73%), office and administrative support (6.70%), and maintenance occupations (6.70%).
Plainville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
In Plainville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.22 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The citizens of Plainville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.09% of adults in Plainville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Plainville in 2022 was $25,168, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,672 for a family of four. However, Plainville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Plainville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Plainville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plainville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Plainville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.97% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Plainville include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Plainville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 14.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Plainville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 77.7% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 38.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.2%), and 12.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.6% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (14.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Plainville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (20.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.