Plum CreekVA
The town has 1,068 residents and lies in Virginia.
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. Among 254 Virginia towns, just one has 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.
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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What makes Plum Creek stand out
Where Plum Creek beats most towns.
1,068 people, and everyone knows the way
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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
The top destinations are Christiansburg (22%), Blacksburg (17%) and Radford (7%). Plum Creek’s typical journey to work comes in at 21 minutes. It had 52 jobs in 2023, down 21 from 2013. 16% of Plum Creek residents live below the poverty line.
| 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
Natural hazards: low risk in Plum Creek, mostly inland flooding
In Plum Creek, the risk rating from FEMA is 25 of 100. FEMA puts 67% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in three quarters of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Plum Creek brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Its July high stands at 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
The share of adults in Plum Creek who report frequent mental distress: 18%. The town tracks Virginia closely on all 32 CDC measures. Among adults in the town, 25% have been diagnosed with depression and 31% have obesity.
| 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
1.5% of Plum Creek is conserved land
For Plum Creek, the trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile. Across 1 park or preserve: 0.4 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in the town: one, of 6 acres.
| 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
The median home in Plum Creek sells for about $225K
61% of households are owner-occupiers in Plum Creek. The midpoint rent here is $1,169 a month.
| Plum Creek | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,169 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Plum Creek
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
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.
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
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.
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
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