Housing density: 790 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $360,195.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,047 (lower quartile is $793, upper quartile is $1,404)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $919
Median gross rent in Plainville, CT in 2022: $1,236
Housing units in Plainville with a mortgage: 2,782 (296 second mortgage, 339 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,531
In family households: 715,089 (143,179 male householders, 84,652 female householders)
161,327 spouses, 258,438 children (243,975 natural, 5,783 adopted, 8,680 stepchildren), 15,602 grandchildren, 8,779 brothers or sisters, 9,385 parents, foster children, 10,085 other relatives, 18,701 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 150,698 (54,155 male householders (41,831 living alone)), 68,868 female householders (58,693 living alone)), 27,675 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 28,227 (15,383 institutionalized population)
135,700 married couples with children.
56,984 single-parent households (8,611 men, 48,373 women).
81.4% of residents of Plainville speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
14.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (30% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 3,063 (16.9%)
(69.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Plainville, Connecticut
2551995 to March 2000
2311990 to 1994
2641985 to 1989
1521980 to 1984
891975 to 1979
1871970 to 1974
2051965 to 1969
620Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 3,843 (17.9%)
Polish: 3,382 (15.7%)
Irish: 2,564 (11.9%)
French: 2,529 (11.7%)
Other: 2,052 (9.5%)
German: 1,865 (8.7%)
English: 1,468 (6.8%)
French Canadian: 1,045 (4.9%)
Swedish: 567 (2.6%)
United States: 485 (2.3%)
Scottish: 283 (1.3%)
Russian: 248 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 191 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 179 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 138 (0.6%)
Portuguese: 104 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 95 (0.4%)
Greek: 74 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.3%)
West Indian: 68 (0.3%)
Dutch: 59 (0.3%)
Arab: 44 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (0.2%)
Danish: 29 (0.1%)
Swiss: 28 (0.1%)
Slovak: 27 (0.1%)
Welsh: 27 (0.1%)
Czech: 17 (0.08%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Poland
Plainville:
41.2% (826)
Connecticut:
6.9% (25,507)
Italy
Plainville:
9.5% (191)
Connecticut:
7.0% (26,023)
Canada
Plainville:
8.4% (168)
Connecticut:
5.2% (19,083)
Germany
Plainville:
4.2% (84)
Connecticut:
3.1% (11,432)
India
Plainville:
3.7% (75)
Connecticut:
4.1% (15,108)
United Kingdom
Plainville:
3.1% (63)
Connecticut:
4.4% (16,395)
Mexico
Plainville:
2.8% (57)
Connecticut:
3.6% (13,282)
Philippines
Plainville:
2.3% (47)
Connecticut:
1.7% (6,247)
Argentina
Plainville:
2.2% (44)
Connecticut:
0.5% (1,832)
Cuba
Plainville:
2.0% (40)
Connecticut:
1.1% (3,919)
Panama
Plainville:
1.9% (38)
Connecticut:
0.2% (654)
Other Northern Africa
Plainville:
1.8% (37)
Connecticut:
0.3% (1,005)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 11,953
Other state: 3,159
Northeast: 2,373
Midwest: 256
South: 393
West: 137
65% of Plainville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Connecticut.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 29
Nursery to 4th grade: 44
5th and 6th grade: 59
7th and 8th grade: 189
9th grade: 140
10th grade: 147
11th grade: 199
12th grade, no diploma: 184
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,010
Less than 1 year of college: 447
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 773
Associate degree: 480
Bachelor's degree: 826
Master's degree: 308
Professional school degree: 79
Doctorate degree: 12
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 10
Nursery to 4th grade: 69
5th and 6th grade: 65
7th and 8th grade: 239
9th grade: 143
10th grade: 161
11th grade: 164
12th grade, no diploma: 153
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,460
Less than 1 year of college: 467
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 736
Associate degree: 601
Bachelor's degree: 810
Master's degree: 410
Professional school degree: 63
Doctorate degree: 17
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,600
One, attached: 335
Two: 744
3 or 4: 525
5 to 9: 478
10 to 19: 520
20 to 49: 326
50 or more: 90
Mobile homes: 89
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,793
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.1%