Housing density: 281 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $751,928.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,600 (lower quartile is $1,426, upper quartile is $1,789)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,565
Median gross rent in Plainville, MA in 2022: $1,695
Housing units in Plainville with a mortgage: 1,438 (134 second mortgage, 246 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 257
In family households: 540,608 (116,996 male householders, 51,907 female householders)
134,066 spouses, 197,825 children (189,784 natural, 4,588 adopted, 3,453 stepchildren), 7,406 grandchildren, 6,062 brothers or sisters, 7,064 parents, foster children, 5,893 other relatives, 9,006 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 112,631 (36,559 male householders (27,334 living alone)), 52,452 female householders (43,798 living alone)), 23,620 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 17,611 (8,991 institutionalized population)
123,500 married couples with children.
20,654 single-parent households (3,498 men, 17,156 women).
93.5% of residents of Plainville speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 677 (7.9%)
(61.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Plainville, Massachusetts
841995 to March 2000
381990 to 1994
341985 to 1989
281980 to 1984
381975 to 1979
211970 to 1974
131965 to 1969
106Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 2,386 (24.4%)
English: 1,599 (16.4%)
Italian: 1,171 (12.0%)
German: 813 (8.3%)
Other: 706 (7.2%)
French: 591 (6.0%)
French Canadian: 544 (5.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 329 (3.4%)
Polish: 293 (3.0%)
United States: 263 (2.7%)
Scottish: 229 (2.3%)
Portuguese: 216 (2.2%)
Swedish: 205 (2.1%)
Greek: 93 (1.0%)
Ukrainian: 75 (0.8%)
Dutch: 55 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 44 (0.5%)
Danish: 34 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.3%)
Czech: 24 (0.2%)
West Indian: 24 (0.2%)
Swiss: 12 (0.1%)
Arab: 10 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.08%)
Slovak: 8 (0.08%)
Welsh: 7 (0.07%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Plainville:
24.9% (90)
Massachusetts:
5.2% (40,247)
India
Plainville:
14.9% (54)
Massachusetts:
3.6% (28,086)
United Kingdom
Plainville:
8.3% (30)
Massachusetts:
3.3% (25,403)
Italy
Plainville:
5.5% (20)
Massachusetts:
3.7% (28,319)
Cuba
Plainville:
5.2% (19)
Massachusetts:
0.5% (3,868)
Other Eastern Europe
Plainville:
5.0% (18)
Massachusetts:
1.6% (12,350)
Other Western Africa
Plainville:
4.7% (17)
Massachusetts:
2.6% (20,299)
Mexico
Plainville:
4.1% (15)
Massachusetts:
1.0% (7,867)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Plainville:
3.9% (14)
Massachusetts:
5.1% (39,255)
Ireland
Plainville:
3.6% (13)
Massachusetts:
2.3% (17,987)
Germany
Plainville:
3.6% (13)
Massachusetts:
1.9% (14,883)
Taiwan
Plainville:
3.0% (11)
Massachusetts:
0.9% (7,258)
Trinidad and Tobago
Plainville:
3.0% (11)
Massachusetts:
0.8% (6,005)
Argentina
Plainville:
2.8% (10)
Massachusetts:
0.4% (2,780)
Ukraine
Plainville:
2.2% (8)
Massachusetts:
1.1% (8,754)
Brazil
Plainville:
1.9% (7)
Massachusetts:
4.7% (36,669)
Hungary
Plainville:
1.7% (6)
Massachusetts:
0.2% (1,710)
El Salvador
Plainville:
1.7% (6)
Massachusetts:
2.4% (18,606)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,515
Other state: 1,752
Northeast: 1,328
Midwest: 220
South: 165
West: 39
63% of Plainville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Massachusetts.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 5
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 13
7th and 8th grade: 60
9th grade: 38
10th grade: 105
11th grade: 18
12th grade, no diploma: 70
High school graduate (or equivalency): 695
Less than 1 year of college: 181
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 326
Associate degree: 172
Bachelor's degree: 639
Master's degree: 210
Professional school degree: 16
Doctorate degree: 8
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 15
7th and 8th grade: 44
9th grade: 45
10th grade: 92
11th grade: 25
12th grade, no diploma: 132
High school graduate (or equivalency): 909
Less than 1 year of college: 133
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 431
Associate degree: 238
Bachelor's degree: 462
Master's degree: 123
Professional school degree: 21
Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,727
One, attached: 156
Two: 299
3 or 4: 130
5 to 9: 100
10 to 19: 131
20 to 49: 102
50 or more: 167
Mobile homes: 299
Median worth of mobile homes: $145,198
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.3%