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The Plains town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
The Plains town is a Census town of 164 people across 0.28 square miles of land, in Fauquier County. Median household income is $84,375, 34.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30,000.
66 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
The Plains
What The Plains is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.28 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land594 plus or minus 279
- County holding the largest share of its areaFauquier 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.
The Plains
How many people live in The Plains
- Population164 plus or minus 77
- Median age45.6 plus or minus 14.6
- Population under 1821 plus or minus 17
- Share under 1812.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Population 65 and over16 plus or minus 20
- Share 65 and over9.8 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Households69 plus or minus 28
- Family households40 plus or minus 22
- Share of households that are families58.0 percent plus or minus 21.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
The Plains
Income and work in The Plains
- Median household income$84,375 plus or minus $46,381
- Per capita income$47,179 plus or minus $16,592
- Civilian labor force117 plus or minus 56
- Employed116 plus or minus 55
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate0.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over124 plus or minus 54
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent plus or minus 52.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher50.8 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.4 percent plus or minus 15.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
The Plains
Housing in The Plains
- Housing units97 plus or minus 38
- Occupied units69 plus or minus 28
- Vacant units28 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate28.9 percent plus or minus 24.3
- Owner occupied24 plus or minus 15
- Renter occupied45 plus or minus 28
- Ownership rate34.8 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$555,600 plus or minus $231,536
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,323
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Single family units81 plus or minus 35
- Share single family83.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more16 plus or minus 20
- Share in buildings of two or more16.5 percent plus or minus 20.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
The Plains
How The Plains gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute78 plus or minus 37
- Commuting under 15 minutes33 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.3 percent plus or minus 25.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more39 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.0 percent plus or minus 29.4
- Drove alone63.2 percent plus or minus 42.2
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Worked from home31.6 percent plus or minus 19.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
The Plains
SBA loans in The Plains (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$30,000
- Average approval$30,000
- Median approval$30,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$30,000
- Largest approval$30,000
- Jobs supported0
- Jobs per approval0.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term103 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fauquier County, not The Plains
Fauquier County context, not The Plains figures
These are Fauquier County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as The Plains measurements.
- Establishments in Fauquier County2,015
- Employment at those establishments, Fauquier County20,078
- Covered employment, Fauquier County23,810
- Average annual pay, Fauquier County$65,376
- Average weekly wage, Fauquier County$1,257
- Housing units permitted, Fauquier County286
- Of those, single family, Fauquier County286
- County product, 2024, Fauquier County$4,154,090,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fauquier County8.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fauquier County$104,678
Every figure in this section is published for Fauquier County as a whole and is not a measurement of The Plains. 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
The Plains questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in The Plains, Virginia?
164, in 69 households. The Plains town covers 0.28 square miles of land, which is 594 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is The Plains in?
Fauquier 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 The Plains?
$84,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $555,600. Median gross rent is $1,323 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to The Plains businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $30,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $30,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in The Plains, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to The Plains borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for The Plains. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page The Plains figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fauquier 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 The Plains.
Is zoning published for The Plains?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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