Plum Springs vs Woodburn

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

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

Plum Springs has the higher population (476 vs 307 in Woodburn). Woodburn has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $63,250 in Plum Springs). Woodburn has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $148,200 in Plum Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
Population	476	307
Median age	39.2 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$71,667
Median home value	$148,200	$162,500
Median gross rent	$992	—
Housing units	182	114
Homeownership rate	71.8%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
Population	463 → 476 (+2.8%)	377 → 307 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $63,250 (+25.7%)	$57,917 → $71,667 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$104,800 → $148,200 (+41.4%)	$121,300 → $162,500 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $992 (+19.5%)	$883 → $975 (+10.4%)

Plum Springs

Population

463476

Median household income

$50,313$63,250

Median home value

$104,800$148,200

Median gross rent

$830$992

Woodburn

Population

377307

Median household income

$57,917$71,667

Median home value

$121,300$162,500

Median gross rent

$883$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
Under 5	5.5%	9.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	7.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.6%
75 and over	5.5%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
No high school diploma	26.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
Drove alone	90.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
1-unit, detached	99.5%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Plum Springs	Woodburn
Poverty rate	10.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1977	1967