Plains
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Outdoors in Plains
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About Plains
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USPlains is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of the CDP was 4,335 at the 2010 census, out of 9,961 in the entire township.
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How Plains ranks
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Housing in Plains
The median sale price was $235,000 in May 2026.
Safety in Plains
Safety Grade B-
Plains reports less crime per resident than 50% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Plains sits closer to the middle.
Health in Plains
Compared with Pennsylvania
of 5 measures CDC estimates. The other 4 are too close to call.
What stands out
Care nearby
Schools in Plains
All Plains schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Plains’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within PA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Plains is
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