Plainfield is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 15,193 people and three associated neighborhoods, Plainfield is the 76th largest community in Connecticut.Unlike some towns, Plainfield isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Plainfield are a mix of both white- and blue-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 (11.59%), sales jobs (10.39%), and management occupations (9.63%). A relatively large number of people in Plainfield telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.35% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall crime rate in Plainfield is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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. 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 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.
