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Population (year 2000): 2,832. Estimated population in July 2006: 3,543 (+25.1% change)
Males: 1,365  (48.2%)
Females: 1,467  (51.8%)

Madison County

Median resident age:  33.8 years
Ohio median age:  36.2 years

Zip codes: 43064.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $43,600 (it was $43,312 in 2000)
Plain City  $43,600
Ohio:  $43,493

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $134,900 (it was $124,700 in 2000)
Plain City  $134,900
Ohio:  $129,600

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Races in Plain City:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.5%)
  • Hispanic (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.1%)
  • Black (0.8%)
  • Other race (0.7%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)

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Ancestries: German (23.8%), United States (21.9%), Irish (12.3%), English (10.0%), Dutch (4.4%), Italian (2.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 934 feet

Land area: 1.81 square miles.

Population density: 1910 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Plain City

  • High school or higher: 78.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
  • Unemployed: 1.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Plain City village

  • Never married: 23.5%
  • Now married: 51.2%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 9.5%
  • Divorced: 13.3%

69 residents are foreign born (1.4% Asia, 0.4% North America, 0.4% Latin America, 0.3% Europe).

This village:  2.4%
Ohio:  3.0%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Plain City, Ohio in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Plain City to the number of sex offenders is 577 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Plain City:  1.0% ($1,224)
Ohio:  1.2% ($1,271)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Columbus, OH (20.7 miles , pop. 711,470).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (325.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Unionville Center, OH (5.4 miles ), Dublin, OH (8.8 miles ), Shawnee Hills, OH (9.9 miles ), Hilliard, OH (10.0 miles ), Lake Darby, OH (10.4 miles ), Marysville, OH (11.1 miles ), West Jefferson, OH (11.4 miles ), Ostrander, OH (11.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 13 buildings, average cost: $78,000
  • 1997: 25 buildings, average cost: $76,300
  • 1998: 42 buildings, average cost: $92,000
  • 1999: 25 buildings, average cost: $114,700
  • 2000: 39 buildings, average cost: $98,000
  • 2001: 55 buildings, average cost: $107,800
  • 2002: 50 buildings, average cost: $116,200
  • 2003: 71 buildings, average cost: $115,600
  • 2004: 44 buildings, average cost: $118,200
  • 2005: 18 buildings, average cost: $134,200
  • 2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $153,800

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Latitude: 40.11 N, Longitude: 83.27 W


Area code: 614

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Population change in the 1990s: +540 (+23.6%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (19%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (8%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Carpenters (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


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Crime in Plain City by Year

Type 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Rapes 131
    per 100,000 31.592.128.9
Robberies 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Assaults 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Burglaries 246
    per 100,000 63.0122.8173.1
Thefts 213124
    per 100,000 661.8951.8692.4
Auto thefts 661
    per 100,000 189.1184.228.9
Arson 001
    per 100,000 0.00.028.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 117.2) 71.2135.165.2

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 9 (9 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.60
US city average:  3.00

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Plain City-area historical tornado activity is near Ohio state average. It is 45% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 26.2 miles away from the Plain City village center killed 36 people and injured 1150 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 2/22/1971, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 25.1 miles away from the village center injured 7 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Plain City:
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF UNION COUNTY (about 14 miles; MARYSVILLE, OH)
  • HARDING HOSP (about 18 miles; WORTHINGTON, OH)
  • MADISON COUNTY HOSPITAL INC (about 19 miles; LONDON, OH)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Plain City:
  • OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: OSU)
  • PORT COLUMBUS INTL (about 28 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: CMH)
  • RICKENBACKER INTERNATIONAL (about 33 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: LCK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Plain City:
  • UNION COUNTY (about 10 miles; MARYSVILLE, OH; ID: MRT)
  • DARBY DAN (about 13 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: 6I6)
  • COLUMBUS SOUTHWEST (about 16 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; ID: 04I)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Plain City:
  • CAPITAL UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; Full-time enrollment: 3,187)
  • DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 21 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 2,999)
  • OTTERBEIN COLLEGE (about 26 miles; WESTERVILLE, OH; FT enrollment: 2,226)
  • COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 10,583)
  • FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 3,048)
  • OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 33 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 42,666)
  • WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; SPRINGFIELD, OH; FT enrollment: 2,197)
Public high schools in Plain City:
  • JONATHAN ALDER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 567; Location: 6440 KILBURY HUBER RD; Grades: 08 - 12)
  • H E TOLLES TECHNICAL CENTER (Location: 7877 US HIGHWAY 42 N; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Plain City:
  • PLAIN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 575; Location: 340 W MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 05)
  • CANAAN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 412; Location: 7055 US HIGHWAY 42 S; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Plain City:
  • PLAIN CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $496,896; Location: 305 W. MAIN ST.; 43,337 books; 2,963 audio materials; 3,705 video materials; 143 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • I have lived in 15 States and China. Nowhere else in America, is water so expensive! Beware, moving to Plain City - unless you don't mind paying outrageous water/sewer/trash bills!
  • Plain City sets on the Big Darby Creek, which is the only free flowing body of water (no damns or other man made structures to chage flow or direction of its natural way) in the nation.

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Notable locations in Plain City: Plain City Town Hall (A), Plain City Public Library (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Plain City include: Plain City Presbyterian Church (A), Plain City United Methodist Church (B), Sacred Heart Catholic Church (C), Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Darby Township Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Robinson Run (A), Sweeney Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Plain City Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Plain City and their reported violations in the past:

MCDONALDS RESTAURANT (Population served: 895, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-1995 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-07-1996), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-07-1996)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
UNITED BETHEL MENNONITE CHURCH (Population served: 55, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In MAR-2006. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-18-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-18-2006)
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In FEB-2006. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-18-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-18-2006)
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JAN-2006. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-18-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-18-2006)
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In DEC-2005. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-27-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-27-2006)
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In NOV-2005. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-27-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-27-2006)
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In OCT-2005. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-27-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-27-2006)
  • 27 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
  • 62 routine major monitoring violations
  • 41 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This village:  2.5 people
Ohio:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  66.8%
Whole state:  67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  6.3%
Whole state:  5.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  6.1%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  1.0%
Whole state:  4.8%

Plain City compared to Ohio state average:
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Plain City (2007 data):
  • The Citizens National Bank of Urbana: Plain City Branch at 105 West Main Street, branch established on 1900-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $162.5 mil, Deposits: $122.4 mil, headquarters in Urbana, OH, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Park National Corporation
  • Champaign National Bank: Plain City Office Branch at 204 West Main Street, branch established on 1887-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $268.3 mil, Deposits: $231.4 mil, headquarters in Urbana, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Futura Banc Corporation
  • The Richwood Banking Company: Plain City Branch at 601 West Main Street, branch established on 1977-07-25. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $186.1 mil, Deposits: $164.6 mil, headquarters in Richwood, OH, positive income, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Richwood Bancshares, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Parks and Recreation 1$2,362$28,3440$0
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$6,319
Water Supply 2$4,455$26,7300$0
Streets and Highways 2$4,204$25,2242$2,349
Police Protection - Officers 8$25,995$38,9930$0
Financial Administration 1$2,382$28,5840$0
Other and Unallocable 3$9,819$39,2760$0
Sewerage 3$8,626$34,5040$0
Totals for Government 20$57,843$34,70610$8,668


Plain City government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $420,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $668,000
    Sewerage: $406,000
    Water Utilities: $275,000
    Solid Waste Management: $146,000
    Financial Administration: $100,000
    Parks & Recreation: $81,000
    Regular Highways: $12,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $37,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,299,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $400,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $118,000
  • Tax - Individual Income: $600,000
    Total General Sales: $125,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $43,000
    Property: $43,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $810,000

7.96% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,180 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.96%
Ohio average:  5.31%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Franklin County, OH  3.99% ($40,799 average AGI)
from Clark County, OH  0.49% ($28,959)
from Fayette County, OH  0.30% ($23,556)


7.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,523 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.93%
Ohio average:  5.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Franklin County, OH  3.57% ($31,844 average AGI)
to Clark County, OH  0.55% ($32,036)
to Union County, OH  0.35% ($39,849)


Strongest AM radio stations in Plain City:
  • WRFD (880 AM; daytime; 23 kW; COLUMBUS-WORTHINGTON, OH; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF OHIO, INC.)
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WOSU (820 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WDLR (1550 AM; 4 kW; DELAWARE, OH; Owner: THE FIFTEEN FIFTY CORPORATION)
  • WBNS (1460 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: RADIOHIO, INCORPORATED)
  • WUCO (1270 AM; 1 kW; MARYSVILLE, OH; Owner: FRONTIER BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WKNR (850 AM; 50 kW; CLEVELAND, OH; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WVKO (1580 AM; 1 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: ASSOCIATED RADIO, INC.)
  • WSAI (1530 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WMNI (920 AM; 1 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Plain City:
  • WRVT (88.7 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WSNY (94.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: FRANKLIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W201AK (88.1 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY)
  • WOSU-FM (89.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WBZX (99.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC)
  • WBNS-FM (97.1 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: RADIO OHIO, INC.)
  • WXMG (98.9 FM; UPPER ARLINGTON, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • WCOL-FM (92.3 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WLVQ (96.3 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WUFM (88.7 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WJZK (104.3 FM; RICHWOOD, OH; Owner: SCANTLAND BROADCASTING LTD)
  • WNCI (97.9 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WCBE (90.5 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: BD.OF EDUC.,CITY SCH.DIST.,COLUMBUS)
  • WFJX (105.7 FM; HILLIARD, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WODB (107.9 FM; DELAWARE, OH; Owner: FRANKLIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCKX (107.5 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • WJYD (106.3 FM; LONDON, OH; Owner: BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING LICENSES, LTD)
  • WEGE (103.9 FM; WESTERVILLE, OH; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO. INC.)
  • WWCD (101.1 FM; GROVE CITY, OH; Owner: FUN WITH RADIO, LLC)
  • W272AT (102.3 FM; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Plain City:
  • WBNS-TV (Channel 10; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: WBNS-TV, INC.)
  • WCMH-TV (Channel 4; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSYX (Channel 6; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: WSYX LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WTTE (Channel 28; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: COLUMBUS (WTTE-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WOSU-TV (Channel 34; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WINJ-LP (Channel 8; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: THE NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES)
  • WCLL-LP (Channel 19; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: JONATHAN W. OWENS)
  • WDEM-LP (Channel 17; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: TRIPLETT & ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WWHO (Channel 53; CHILLICOTHE, OH; Owner: UPN STATIONS GROUP INC.)
  • W43BZ (Channel 43; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W23BZ (Channel 23; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • WBDT (Channel 26; SPRINGFIELD, OH; Owner: ACME TV LICENSES OF OHIO, LLC)
  • WCPX-LP (Channel 48; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WXCB-LP (Channel 42; DELAWARE, OH; Owner: CENTRAL OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS)

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