Plum vs West Mifflin

A side-by-side comparison of Plum and West Mifflin: population, income, housing, and more.

Plum and West Mifflin are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plum has the higher population (26,873 vs 19,338 in West Mifflin). Plum has the higher median household income ($98,475 vs $70,335 in West Mifflin). Plum has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $131,400 in West Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	Plum	West Mifflin
Population	26,873	19,338
Median age	43.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,475	$70,335
Median home value	$218,600	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,156	$748
Housing units	11,476	9,131
Homeownership rate	80.8%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum	West Mifflin
Population	27,195 → 26,873 (-1.2%)	19,834 → 19,338 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$78,709 → $98,475 (+25.1%)	$52,679 → $70,335 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $218,600 (+42.2%)	$99,000 → $131,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $1,156 (+21.9%)	$640 → $748 (+16.9%)

Plum

Population

27,19526,873

Median household income

$78,709$98,475

Median home value

$153,700$218,600

Median gross rent

$948$1,156

West Mifflin

Population

19,83419,338

Median household income

$52,679$70,335

Median home value

$99,000$131,400

Median gross rent

$640$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum	West Mifflin
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	9.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum	West Mifflin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum	West Mifflin
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	24.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum	West Mifflin
Drove alone	71.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.0%
Public transit	1.9%	5.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum	West Mifflin
1-unit, detached	78.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Plum	West Mifflin
Poverty rate	3.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1971	1956