Best PlacesPlainfield Village, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plainfield Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Plainfield Village ranks 29,805th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Plainfield Village
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Plainfield Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plainfield Village ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where Plainfield Village ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plainfield Village
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plainfield Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,791, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Plainfield Village's effective rate of 1.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Plainfield Village
Plainfield Village runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plainfield Village.
Who works in Plainfield Village, and how
Work in Plainfield Village centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Plainfield Village
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Plainfield Village, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plainfield Village, month by month
Plainfield Village sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Plainfield Village
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Plainfield Village
Schools across Plainfield Village average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plainfield Memorial SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Moosup Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Canterbury Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Griswold High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Plainfield High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plainfield Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plainfield Village measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Plainfield Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plainfield Village
Is Plainfield Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plainfield Village ranks 29,805th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, few empty homes, and civic engagement, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plainfield Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,983. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $70,791 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Plainfield Village safe?
Plainfield Village is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $227 per resident a year.
Compare Plainfield Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plainfield Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plainfield Village represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Plainfield Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plainfield Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plainfield Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plainfield Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plainfield Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plainfield Village detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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