Plainfield is a somewhat small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 18,883 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Plainfield is the 43rd largest community in Indiana.

Plainfield is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Plainfield is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plainfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.46%), sales jobs (12.00%), and management occupations (8.08%).

Also of interest is that Plainfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

For most residents of Plainfield, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97.1% of people in Plainfield drive alone to work on most days, making Plainfield a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Plainfield's landscape.

Plainfield is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Plainfield Information and Demographics

The population of Plainfield overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Plainfield, 18.16% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Plainfield in 2000 was $21,083, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,332 for a family of four.

The people who call Plainfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Plainfield is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Plainfield include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Plainfield is English.