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Plum Creek, VA

1,068 Population
1.6 square miles 688.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,092 ±$6,962 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $36,750 ±$958
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,603 ±$21,623 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $65,839 ±$2,266
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±9.1% (169  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.7% 32,776 (±1% / ±1,623)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±8.9 (10,770  ±6,237) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,592,635 (±0.6 / ±54,080)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

491 ±121 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,282 ±938
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (1,068  ±324) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,438 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

642 ±205 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 82,624 ±114
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

2.6% ±3.7% (28  ±40.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.1% 30,857 (±0.9% / ±1,614.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.6% ±13.8% (681  ±199) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.8% 105,868 (±2.2% / ±2,464.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.2% ±5.5% (47  ±43.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,541 (±1.4% / ±1,552.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±1.5% (10  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 6.1% 11,019
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±5.1% (40  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,055 (±0.4% / ±592)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±44 40 Male ±44 N/A Female ±13

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