$26,167 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,679. About 3.8% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over. Notable locations Dorrance Inn is a historic inn located at 748 Plainfield Pike and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike Sterling Hill Historic District (Plainfield and Sterling, Connecticut) was added to the National Register in 1986. Education The town operates the newer Sterling Community School after the construction and closure of Sterling Memorial School. Plainfield High School in Plainfield is the designated high school of the town. Residents are also given the option to send their children to Killingly High School, Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School, Quinebaug Middle College or ACT High School. . Notable people Charles Dow (1851–1902), journalist and founder of the Dow Jones & Company was born in Sterling Allen Cleveland Lewis (1821–1877), founder of the Lewis Institute (later the Illinois Institute of Technology) was born in Sterling Tom "T-Bone" Stankus, musician References External links Town government Web site Towns in Windham County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut