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Plainville is a tiny town of 412 people in Daviess County, Indiana. It's about 42 miles from Bloomington, IN and 86 miles from Indianapolis, IN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $100k and rent runs about $824 a month.
412people
$100kTypical home
$824/moRent
87° / 39°Summer / winter
16"Snow
230Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 412
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,194 people per sq mi
- 86 mi to Indianapolis, IN
- 42 mi to Bloomington, IN
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $100k (≈$631/mo)
- Median rent $824/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (206 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (443 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 35% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 57 mi to EVV airport
- 78 mi to IND (major hub)
- 78 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 476 ft
- 529 mi to the ocean
- 131 mi to a big lake
- 48 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 66 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 34 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 40% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 29 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 30 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Daviess County: R+64 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk