Plum CreekVA
A town of 1,068.
Is Plum Creek a good place to live?
Plum Creek’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for incomes. 6.2% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Plum Creek, against 44% in Virginia’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 254 Virginia towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Plum Creek. Plum Creek has 3 places on the National Register. Plum Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Plum Creek stand out
Where Plum Creek beats most towns.
1,068 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Plum Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Plum Creek is from typical.
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Moving to Plum Creek: who provides what
Plum Creek is unincorporated, so Montgomery County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Plum Creek.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Plum Creek’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Plum Creek for work: only 0% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Plum Creek, where Virginia’s towns sit at 7.7% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Plum Creek’s average trip to work is 21 minutes.
| Plum Creek | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Plum Creek
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Plum Creek has four seasons and pleasant summers
Plum Creek has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Plum Creek is 84°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Plum Creek are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Plum Creek tracks Virginia closely on all 32 CDC measures. 33% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Plum Creek.
| Plum Creek | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Plum Creek | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Plum Creek Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Appalachian Trail and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Plum Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Park & preserveAppalachian Trail3.0M visitors a year
21 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
8 mi Stadium & arenaLane Stadium
16 mi LakeMountain Lake
32 mi MuseumVirginia Museum of Transportation
33 mi MuseumTaubman Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Plum Creek
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Plum Creek
About 6 of every 100 Plum Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
Plum Creek has shrunk 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,524 counted in 2010 and 1,350 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Plum Creek
CDP in Virginia, United States
Plum Creek is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, just east of Radford. As of the 2020 census, Plum Creek had a population of 1,350.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi