Plum vs Round Top

A side-by-side comparison of Plum and Round Top: population, income, housing, and more.

Plum and Round Top are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plum has the higher population (256 vs 113 in Round Top). Round Top has the higher median household income ($150,625 vs $71,250 in Plum). Since 2019, Round Top's population has grown faster (+32.9% vs -43.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Plum	Round Top
Population	256	113
Median age	28.7 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$150,625
Median home value	—	$794,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,458
Housing units	128	77
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum	Round Top
Population	456 → 256 (-43.9%)	85 → 113 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$68,393 → $71,250 (+4.2%)	$88,333 → $150,625 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $308,600 (+259.7%)	$500,000 → $794,600 (+58.9%)

Plum

Population

456256

Median household income

$68,393$71,250

Median home value

$85,800$308,600

Round Top

Population

85113

Median household income

$88,333$150,625

Median home value

$500,000$794,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum	Round Top
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	31.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	19.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	1.2%	27.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	25.7%
75 and over	14.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum	Round Top
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55.1%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum	Round Top
No high school diploma	39.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	4.8%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum	Round Top
Drove alone	100.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum	Round Top
1-unit, detached	78.9%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
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	21.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plum	Round Top
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.94	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1985	1969