Blacksburg vs Plum Creek

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

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

Blacksburg has the higher population (45,288 vs 1,067 in Plum Creek). Blacksburg has the higher median household income ($48,070 vs $38,915 in Plum Creek). Blacksburg has the higher median home value ($417,200 vs $110,900 in Plum Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
Population	45,288	1,067
Median age	21.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,070	$38,915
Median home value	$417,200	$110,900
Median gross rent	$1,290	$872
Housing units	16,893	665
Homeownership rate	34.2%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.7%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
Population	44,303 → 45,288 (+2.2%)	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,070 (+11.3%)	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$298,400 → $417,200 (+39.8%)	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,290 (+16.5%)	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)

Blacksburg

Population

44,30345,288

Median household income

$43,173$48,070

Median home value

$298,400$417,200

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,290

Plum Creek

Population

1,5211,067

Median household income

$37,379$38,915

Median home value

$91,800$110,900

Median gross rent

$692$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
Under 5	2.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	7.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	53.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	5.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	4.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	5.4%
75 and over	2.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	83.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
No high school diploma	1.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	11.8%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
Drove alone	53.9%	84.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	2.7%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	4.2%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
1-unit, detached	37.5%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	35.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	37.0%

Poverty & households

	Blacksburg	Plum Creek
Poverty rate	42.8%	24.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1983	1978