Plain City is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,833 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Salt Lake Valley settlement began when wagon trains of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began arriving in 1847. By 1858, farmers from the then-settled towns of Lehi and Kay's Creek, looking for a new place to homestead, began considering the area now known as Plain City. On 17 March 1859, led by Lorin Farr, a group arrived to begin homesteading. Soon after arriving, the group surveyed a townsite and assigned building lots. The town layout used an organized grid system of blocks and streets, originally six blocks north-to-south and three blocks east-to-west. Each block was in area, divided into 4 lots. The first settlers were allowed their choice in the selection of a lot.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.73 square miles and 0.23 square miles of water.
Plain City is bordered by Farr West to the east, South Willard to the north, Marriott-Slaterville to the south, and the unincorporated townships of Warren and West Weber to the southwest.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Plain City had a population of 7,833, representing a 43% increase from the 2010 census.
The median age was 33.0 years, with 32.7% of residents under the age of 18 and 10.9% of residents 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.3 males age 18 and over.
There were 2,320 households in Plain City, of which 49.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 77.5% were married-couple households, 8.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 11.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 10.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 7,170 || 91.5%
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| Black or African American || 32 || 0.4%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 23 || 0.3%
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| Asian || 45 || 0.6%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 8 || 0.1%
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| Some other race || 172 || 2.2%
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| Two or more races || 383 || 4.9%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 445 || 5.7%
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Recent estimates
According to 2022 estimates, 29.4% of Plain City residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, noticeably lower than the Utah state average of 37.9%. Of the 2,349 housing units in the city, 2,271 are family households. The median income for all residents was $120,250, significantly higher than the estimated average taken at the 2000 Census. Poverty rates were also considerably lower than the Utah average with Plain City having 3.6% of its population living in poverty compared to Utah's 8.2%. Employment rates sat at 69.7%, slightly higher than the Utah average of 67.8%. Plain City's health care coverage rates are also better than the state average, with only 1.4% of Plain City without coverage compared to the Utah average of 8.1%. The median age of Plain City was reported to be 35.1 years old.
2000 census
According to the 2000 census,