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Plainfield town, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Plainfield town is a Census town of 36,369 people across 26.93 square miles of land, in Hendricks County. Median household income is $87,272, 62.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 71 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $36.8 m.
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Plainfield
What Plainfield is
- Census place typetown
- Land area26.93 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,351
- County holding the largest share of its areaHendricks County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainfield
How many people live in Plainfield
- Population36,369
- Median age38.4
- Population under 187,400
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over5,826
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent
- Households12,809
- Family households8,417
- Share of households that are families65.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainfield
Income and work in Plainfield
- Median household income$87,272
- Per capita income$38,621
- Civilian labor force17,921
- Employed17,276
- Unemployed645 plus or minus 208
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over25,527
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainfield
Housing in Plainfield
- Housing units13,359
- Occupied units12,809
- Vacant units550 plus or minus 219
- Vacancy rate4.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied7,986
- Renter occupied4,823
- Ownership rate62.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$280,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,499
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent
- Single family units9,418
- Share single family70.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,595
- Share in buildings of two or more26.9 percent
- Mobile homes346 plus or minus 155
- Median year structure built2000
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainfield
How Plainfield gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute14,703
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,345
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,743
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.3 percent
- Drove alone75.2 percent
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home13.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainfield
SBA 7(a) lending to Plainfield borrowers
- Approvals71
- Gross approval$36,774,000
- Average approval$517,944
- Median approval$107,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,077,800
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported631
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full17
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.7 percent
- Share to franchises23.9 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS35
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Plainfield
SBA 504 lending to Plainfield borrowers
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$14,012,000
- Average approval$636,909
- Median approval$606,000
- Largest approval$2,158,000
- Jobs supported277
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hendricks County, not Plainfield
Hendricks County context, not Plainfield figures
These are Hendricks County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Plainfield measurements.
- Establishments in Hendricks County3,860
- Employment at those establishments, Hendricks County74,107
- Covered employment, Hendricks County81,164
- Average annual pay, Hendricks County$53,449
- Average weekly wage, Hendricks County$1,028
- Housing units permitted, Hendricks County1,295
- Of those, single family, Hendricks County1,217
- County product, 2024, Hendricks County$10,412,016,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hendricks County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hendricks County$62,282
Every figure in this section is published for Hendricks County as a whole and is not a measurement of Plainfield. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Plainfield questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Plainfield, Indiana?
36,369, in 12,809 households. Plainfield town covers 26.93 square miles of land, which is 1,351 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Plainfield in?
Hendricks County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Plainfield?
$87,272. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $280,600. Median gross rent is $1,499 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Plainfield businesses?
71 7(a) approvals totalling $36.8 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $107,100, plus 22 504 approvals worth $14.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Plainfield, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Plainfield borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 17 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Plainfield figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hendricks County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Plainfield.
Is zoning published for Plainfield?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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