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About Plainfield
Village in Illinois, United StatesPlainfield is a village in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 44,762 at the 2020 census. The village includes land in Will County's Plainfield and Wheatland townships, as well as Na-Au-Say and Oswego townships in Kendall County. With the growth in the Chicago suburbs in the 1990s and 2000s, the village has seen a population increase from 4,500 in 1990 to nearly 45,000 in 2020. It is midway between the cities of Naperville and Joliet in Chicago's collar counties. The village has established a community Preservation Commission and historic preservation ordinance. It is the home of the Lake Renwick Preserve, a county forest preserve used for birdwatchin…
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Housing in Plainfield
The median sale price was $493,000 in May 2026.
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Safety in Plainfield
Safety Grade A-
Plainfield reports less crime per resident than 81% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Plainfield
Health Grade A
Healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 14 are too close to call.
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