Plainville, Connecticut Plainville, Connecticut Plainville Municipal Center Plainville Municipal Center Official seal of Plainville, Connecticut Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Plainville is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 25.3 square kilometres (9.8 sq mi), of which 9.7 square miles (25.2 km2) is territory and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.72%, is water. The east side of the town is bordered by two prominent peaks of the Metacomet Ridge: Pinnacle Rock and Bradley Mountain.
See also: List of Connecticut locations by per capita income As of the census of 2000, there were 17,328 citizens , 7,385 homeholds, and 4,645 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 93.52% White, 2.25% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.67% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.19% from other competitions, and 1.19% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,385 homeholds out of which 26.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $48,136, and the median income for a family was $60,586.
The per capita income for the town was $23,257.
Companies and organizations headquartered in Plainville include Carling Technologies, Connecticut Tool & Manufacturing, GE Industrial Solutions, Gems Sensors & Controls, Manafort Brothers, CWPM, Mott Corporation, Tilcon Connecticut, and Wheeler Clinic The Town of Plainville is one of the only municipalities to own its own airport, Robertson Field.
However, wanting to advancement the soccer fields with an irrigation fitness at Norton Park, the Plainville Town Council was planning to discontinue the Balloon Festival due to the fire trucks usually parking on the soccer fields.
Finally, Plainville is the home of Robertson Airport, the earliest private airport in Connecticut.
Plainville is run by a Town Manager/Town Council form of government.
The Municipal Center is positioned at 1 Central Square near the center of town.
Plainville has three elementary schools: Louis Toffolon School, Frank T.
There is one middle school, the Middle School of Plainville, which serves grades 6-8.
The middle school adopts the same mascot and colors as the town high school.
Plainville High School is the only town high school.
The school mascot is the Blue Devil, and the colors are blue and white, same as close-by Central Connecticut State University.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plainville town, Hartford County, Connecticut".
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