Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Plainfield is worth considering.
Being a small town, Plainfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Plainfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.96% of adults in Plainfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Plainfield in 2018 was $33,311, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,244 for a family of four. However, Plainfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Plainfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Plainfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plainfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Plainfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.56% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Plainfield include French, English, Irish, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Plainfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
