Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
Town of Plainfield
Historical Information
|
Original Name
|
First Settled
|
Resettled
|
Incorporated
|
Last Master Plan Adopted
|
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1/1/1997
|
| * Figures are from Town Reports/Master
Plans |
Local Planning & Regulations
|
Economic Development Committee
|
Historical Society / Historic District
Commission / Heritage Commission
|
Planning Board Adopted Capitol
Improvement Plan
|
Capitol Improvement Plan last Adopted
|
Zoning Ordinance Last Adopted
|
Site Plan Regulations Last Adopted
|
| N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
1/1/2001
|
1/1/2002
|
1/1/1987
|
|
-
|
|
Subdivision Regulations Last Adopted
|
Growth Management Ordinance
|
Is the Growth Management Ordinance
in effect?
|
Impact Fee Ordinance
|
Is the Impact Fee Imposed?
|
What is the Impact Fee Imposed
on?
|
| 1/1/1996
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
| - |
|
Allow Manufactured Housing Parks?
|
Allow Manufactured Housing in Subdivisions
|
Allow Manufactured Housing on Individual
Lots? ?
|
Historic District Zoning
|
Aquifer Protection District
|
Soil-Based Lot Sizing for Residential
Development
|
| Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| - |
|
Elderly Housing District
|
Affordable Housing District
|
Specific Design Regulations for
Commercial /
Industrial Development
|
Tax Increment Finance
District
|
Allow the Transfer
of Development Rights in the Zoning Ordinance?
|
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| - |
|
Has
the Town Adopted Building Codes?
|
Which
Codes?
|
Does
the Town Allow Mixed Use Development? (Residential and Commercial
on the Same Lot)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Yes
|
NA
|
Yes
|
-
|
-
|
* Town Reports & Staff
* Zoning Ordinances &Site Plan Regulations
|
Municipal Facilities & Utilities
|
Municipal Water System
|
Municipal Sewer System
|
Fixed-Route Public Transit System
|
Residential
Curbside Trash Collection
|
Non-Residential
Curbside Trash Collection
|
Residential
Curbside Recycling
|
Non-Residential
Curbside Recycling
|
| Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Land Use
|
Land Area
|
Water Area
|
Total Acres
|
Total Square Miles
|
|
32847 acres
|
N/A acres
|
33914.3
|
52.2
|
| - |
|
Total Developed Acres
|
Residential Acres
|
Agricultural Acres
|
Commercial Acres
|
Institutional/ Governmental Acres
|
Recreational Acres
|
Undeveloped Acres
|
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
96
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
85
|
| - |
|
Year
|
Acres in Current Use
|
Value of Land in Current Use
|
$ Assessed from Land Use Change Tax
|
$ Assessed from Timber Tax
|
- |
|
1990
|
24471
|
$
1888615
|
NA
|
NA
|
- |
|
1995
|
N/A
|
$
N/A
|
NA
|
NA
|
- |
|
2000
|
N/A
|
$
N/A
|
$
15272.00
|
$
NA
|
- |
|
2001
|
N/A
|
$
N/A
|
$
16127.00
|
$
NA
|
- |
|
2002
|
27782.00
|
$
NA
|
$
NA
|
$
NA
|
- |
| 50 % of the Land Use Change Tax is dedicated to conservation programs. |
* Acreage is from Town Reports/Master
Plans,2002
* NH Office of State Planning |
Population
|
Year
|
Population
|
PopulationPercent Change
|
Annualized Rate of Population Change
|
Male Population
|
Female Population
|
Age: 0-17
|
Age: 18-64
|
Age: 65+
|
Population per square mile
|
|
1970
|
1323
|
NA
|
NA
|
686
|
637
|
519
|
691
|
113
|
25.3
|
|
1980
|
1749
|
32.2 %
|
13.2
|
878
|
871
|
535
|
1063
|
151
|
33.5
|
|
1990
|
2056
|
17.6 %
|
11.8
|
1045
|
1011
|
566
|
1312
|
178
|
39.4
|
|
2000
|
2241
|
9 %
|
NA
|
1136
|
1105
|
569
|
1444
|
228
|
42.9
|
|
2005
|
2410
|
2.5 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2010
|
2510
|
2.9 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2015
|
2620
|
3.9 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2020
|
2720
|
2.9 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
| |
2000 population of children
5 years of age and younger -
137 |
|
-
|
* Figures for 2005 - 2020 are NH OSP
Estimates '96
* Figures for 1970 - 2000 are from the US Census (1970, 1980, 1990,
2000)
* Population per square mile is Census Population / Total Square Miles
(from Town Reports/Master Plans) |
Income & Poverty
|
Year
|
Median Household Income
|
Per Capita Income
|
Percent Change in Per Capita Income
|
State Ranking of Per Capita Income (out of 234)
|
% of Person Below Poverty Level
|
|
1970
|
$
N/A
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
N/A %
|
|
1980
|
$
17589
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
%
|
|
1990
|
$
40066
|
$
15856
|
NA
|
NA
|
%
|
|
1996
|
NA
|
$
20055
|
26.5 %
|
69
|
NA
|
|
2000
|
$
57083
|
$
26062
|
NA
|
NA
|
2.8 %
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
Median Family Income
|
% of Families Below Poverty Level
|
Equalized Tax Rate
|
% Change in Equalized Tax Rate
|
Town Welfare Budget
as a % of Total Town Budget
|
|
1990
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
25.82
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
1995
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
31.2
|
20.8 %
|
NA
|
|
2000
|
$
61205
|
1.8 %
|
$
31
|
-0.6 %
|
0.40 %
|
|
2001
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
34.75
|
12.1 %
|
0.40 %
|
|
2002
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
23.11
|
-33.50 %
|
NA %
|
|
-
|
* Household & Family Income figures
are from US Census (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000)
* % of Persons in Poverty figures are from US Census (1970, 1980,
1990, 2000)
|
Employment
|
Year
|
Labor Force
|
Employment
|
Unemployment
|
Average Annual Rate of Unemployment
|
Unemployment Rate - February
|
% of All Parents in Labor Force that have Children Under 6 years of age
|
|
1998
|
1396
|
1383
|
13
|
0.9 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
1999
|
1422
|
1403
|
19
|
1.3 %
|
1.3 %
|
NA
|
|
2000
|
1440
|
1418
|
22
|
1.5 %
|
1.5 %
|
77 %
|
|
2001
|
1478
|
1452
|
26
|
1.8 %
|
2 %
|
NA
|
|
2002
|
1553
|
1535
|
18
|
1.2 %
|
N/A %
|
NA
|
| 2003 |
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
1 %
|
NA
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
# of Employees by Occupation
|
|
-
|
Managerial & Professional
|
Technical Sales & Administrative Support
|
Service
|
Farming, Forestry & Fishing
|
Precision Production, Craft &
Repair
|
Operators, Fabricators & Laborers
|
|
1970
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
1980
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
1990
|
395
|
252
|
120
|
31
|
137
|
133
|
| 2000 |
517
|
336
|
116
|
13
|
203
|
121
|
|
-
|
* NH Department of Employment Security
|
Housing
|
Year
|
Average Household Size
|
Total Housing Units
|
# Single Family Homes
|
# Multi-family Homes
|
# Mobile Homes
|
# Owner Occupied Dwellings
|
# Renter Occupied Dwellings
|
|
1970
|
N/A
|
416
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1091
|
232
|
|
1980
|
2.9
|
636
|
522
|
69
|
36
|
474
|
124
|
|
1990
|
2.8
|
784
|
656
|
71
|
57
|
630
|
96
|
|
2000
|
2.7
|
877
|
743
|
57
|
76
|
729
|
115
|
| - |
|
Year
|
# Single Family Building Permits Issued
|
# of Multi-family Building Permits Issued
|
# of Mobile Home Building Permits Issued
|
- |
|
2001
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
- |
|
2002
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
- |
| |
|
-
|
Average Household Size
|
Average Household Size Owner-Occupied Units
|
Average Household Size Renter-Occupied Units
|
# Occupied Units
|
# Vacant Units
|
Homeowner Vacancy Rate
|
Rental Vacancy Rate
|
Households with individuals under 18
|
|
2000
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.3
|
844
|
33
|
0.3
|
2.5
|
334
|
| - |
|
-
|
Median Rent
|
Median Home Value
|
% Median Home Value Change
|
# Building Permits Issued - Single Family
|
# Building Permits Issued - Multi-family
|
# Building Permits Issued - Mobile Home
|
-
|
|
1970
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
-
|
|
1980
|
198
|
46300
|
N/A
|
9
|
N/A
|
3
|
-
|
|
1985
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
10
|
N/A
|
0
|
-
|
|
1990
|
465
|
115300
|
149
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
-
|
|
1995
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
|
2000
|
728
|
NA
|
NA
|
18
|
N/A
|
2
|
-
|
| -- |
| - |
Gross Rent as a % of Household Income
|
Monthly Owner Cost as a % of Household Income
|
| - |
Less than 15.0%
|
15% - 19.9%
|
20.0% - 29.9%
|
30.0% and greater
|
Less than 15.0%
|
15% - 19.9%
|
20.0% - 29.9%
|
30.0% and greater
|
| 1999 |
22
|
17
|
29
|
24
|
23
|
19
|
31
|
26
|
| - |
|
-
|
# of Assisted Housing Units
|
# of Shelters (Emergency, Family, Transitional)
|
|
Elderly Units
|
Family Units
|
Family / Elderly
|
Groups Home Units
|
Miscellaneous Units
|
|
2000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
2002
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
| 2003 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
-
|
* US Census (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000)
* NH Office of State Planning
* NHHFA Directory of Assisted Housing Report (2002)
* Local Sources
|
Commuting
|
Year
|
# Residents Commuting Out of Town
|
% Residents Commuting Out of Town
|
Most Common Commute To:
|
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
1990
|
890
|
77.3 %
|
Lebanon
|
Hanover
|
Hartford VT
|
|
2000
|
1031
|
NA %
|
Lebanon
|
Plainfield
|
HaNover
|
|
-
|
|
Year
|
# of Nonresidents Working in Town
|
Average Commuting Time
|
Most Common Commute From:
|
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
1990
|
544
|
N/A
|
Cornish
|
Manchester
|
Claremont
|
|
2000
|
322
|
22.5 min.
|
Plainfield
|
Claremont
|
Lebanon
|
| - |
|
Year
|
Mean Travel Time to Work
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2000
|
22.5 minutes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
* US Census
(1970, 1980, 1990) |
Child Care
|
Year
|
# Licensed Child Center Care Facilities
|
Capacity of Child Center Care Facilities
|
# Licensed School Aged Child Care Facilities
|
Capacity of School Aged Facilities
|
# Licensed Family Child Care Facilities
|
Capacity of Family Child Care Facilities
|
# Licensed Preschool Child Care Facilities
|
Capacity of Preschool Child Care Facilities
|
| 2000 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
| 2001 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
| 2002 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
| 2003 |
1
|
NA
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
30
|
0
|
0
|
| - |
*
NH Resource & Referral Network
* 2000 Census |
