It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Plainfield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Plainfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Plainfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Plainfield may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Plainfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
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 2022 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.
