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Plainfield Village, CT vs Willow Oak, FL

Plainfield Village

Connecticut

vs

Willow Oak

Florida

Across 28 directional measures we can compare, Plainfield Village leads on 20 and Willow Oak on 8. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 13% higher in Plainfield Village, while median household income is higher in Willow Oak.

Median gross rent
$1,267$1,117
Plainfield Village is 13% higher
Median household income
$54,375$65,688
Plainfield Village is 17% lower
Median home value
$232,600$276,300
Plainfield Village is 16% lower

The Citytistics read

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 7.8 points a year in Plainfield Village, and pay outran rent by 5.3 points a year in Willow Oak.

How these are calculated

FloridaConnecticutWillow Oak, FLPlainfield Village, CTPlainfield VillageWillow OakPlainfield VillageWillow Oak

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Top 1 of 1 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Willow Oak, FLComposite 25.7 / 100
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45426n/a140n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasurePlainfield VillageWillow OakAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,267$1,117
Rent to income128.0%20.4%
Property tax rate11.6%0.6%
Home price to income14.3x4.2x
Prices vs US average2n/a97.1
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,568$1,608
HUD area median income4n/a$83,900
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$3,599$1,707
Median home value1$232,600$276,300
Home prices, 1-year change56.6%-1.2%
Home prices, 5-year change561.8%58.3%
Homeownership149.8%49.7%
Renters paying 30%+130.4%46.0%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,815$1,480
Vacant homes15.6%15.1%
Median year built119551993
Jobs and income
Median household income1$54,375$65,688
Income per person1$25,707$25,587
Unemployment16.0%4.8%
Average annual pay6$60,440$57,763
Pay growth, 1 year63.7%3.7%
Jobs629,055264,981
Poverty rate17.5%24.7%
Mean commute131 min32 min
Works from home111.9%9.1%
Commutes by transit1n/a0.0%
People
Population12,3167,454
Median age127.429.1
Bachelor's or higher116.5%13.4%
High school or higher185.6%70.6%
Household size12.43.3
Born abroad14.4%18.9%
No health insurance18.6%20.5%
Homes with broadband190.9%84.0%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.2%9.4%
Moved from another state13.2%3.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people78.129.9
Income of households moving in7$64,003$56,322
Income of households moving out7$63,343$53,034
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k818.612.6
Shops per 10k828.624.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k83.62.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k811.412.4
Child care centers per 10k82.21.8
Parks per 10k917.30.0
Playgrounds per 10k925.90.0
Grocery stores per 10k90.00.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k912.90.0
Libraries per 10k90.00.0
Named paths and bike trails90.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.60.0
Nearest National Park Service site10n/a46.8
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10n/a1
National Register listings11n/a77
Safety
Violent crime per 100k1213n/a
Property crime per 100k1252n/a
Schools
Public schools1334166
Public school students1311,909116,892
Students per teacher1311.319.4
Climate
July average high14n/a92°F
January average low14n/a49°F
Average temperature14n/a73°F
Annual precipitation14n/a52.6 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1562.896.5
Hurricane risk1586.298.5
Tornado risk1528.393.9
Wildfire risk1522.997.0
Heat wave risk1549.793.6
Median air quality index16n/a34
Good air days16n/a95.5%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Plainfield Village $50,680, Willow Oak $44,680 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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