Plumwood vs West Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Plumwood and West Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

Plumwood and West Jefferson are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Jefferson has the higher population (4,250 vs 289 in Plumwood). Plumwood has the higher median household income ($86,638 vs $64,321 in West Jefferson). Plumwood has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $180,000 in West Jefferson).

Population, income & housing

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
Population	289	4,250
Median age	36.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,638	$64,321
Median home value	$304,800	$180,000
Median gross rent	—	$964
Housing units	88	1,646
Homeownership rate	89.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	22.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
Population	307 → 289 (-5.9%)	4,364 → 4,250 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $86,638 (+124.8%)	$61,489 → $64,321 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $304,800 (+108.3%)	$131,000 → $180,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,680 (+24.0%)	$865 → $964 (+11.4%)

Plumwood

Population

307289

Median household income

$38,542$86,638

Median home value

$146,300$304,800

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,680

West Jefferson

Population

4,3644,250

Median household income

$61,489$64,321

Median home value

$131,000$180,000

Median gross rent

$865$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
Under 5	15.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	6.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.7%	19.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	27.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	4.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	2.4%	10.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
No high school diploma	26.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
Drove alone	91.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
1-unit, detached	86.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plumwood	West Jefferson
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.0%
Average household size	3.28	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1981	1967