Plum Springs vs Smiths Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Plum Springs and Smiths Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Plum Springs and Smiths Grove are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smiths Grove has the higher population (684 vs 476 in Plum Springs). Plum Springs has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $51,583 in Smiths Grove). Smiths Grove has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $148,200 in Plum Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
Population	476	684
Median age	39.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$51,583
Median home value	$148,200	$159,600
Median gross rent	$992	$1,156
Housing units	182	308
Homeownership rate	71.8%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
Population	463 → 476 (+2.8%)	763 → 684 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $63,250 (+25.7%)	$48,056 → $51,583 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$104,800 → $148,200 (+41.4%)	$108,400 → $159,600 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $992 (+19.5%)	$922 → $1,156 (+25.4%)

Plum Springs

Population

463476

Median household income

$50,313$63,250

Median home value

$104,800$148,200

Median gross rent

$830$992

Smiths Grove

Population

763684

Median household income

$48,056$51,583

Median home value

$108,400$159,600

Median gross rent

$922$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
Under 5	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.2%
75 and over	5.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	18.1%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
No high school diploma	26.3%	17.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
Drove alone	90.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	7.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
1-unit, detached	99.5%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Plum Springs	Smiths Grove
Poverty rate	10.9%	15.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1977	1970