Plum vs Schulenburg

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

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

Schulenburg has the higher population (2,702 vs 256 in Plum). Plum has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $47,891 in Schulenburg). Since 2019, Schulenburg's population has grown faster (-6.8% vs -43.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Plum	Schulenburg
Population	256	2,702
Median age	28.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$47,891
Median home value	—	$138,600
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	128	1,289
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum	Schulenburg
Population	456 → 256 (-43.9%)	2,899 → 2,702 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$68,393 → $71,250 (+4.2%)	$46,100 → $47,891 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $308,600 (+259.7%)	$103,300 → $138,600 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$855 → $950 (+11.1%)

Plum

Population

456256

Median household income

$68,393$71,250

Median home value

$85,800$308,600

Schulenburg

Population

2,8992,702

Median household income

$46,100$47,891

Median home value

$103,300$138,600

Median gross rent

$855$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum	Schulenburg
Under 5	7.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	31.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	19.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	1.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.3%
75 and over	14.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum	Schulenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	44.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	55.1%	39.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum	Schulenburg
No high school diploma	39.7%	23.0%
High school graduate	4.8%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum	Schulenburg
Drove alone	100.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum	Schulenburg
1-unit, detached	78.9%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Plum	Schulenburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1985	1973