Christiansburg vs Plum Creek

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

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

Christiansburg has the higher population (22,820 vs 1,067 in Plum Creek). Christiansburg has the higher median household income ($75,451 vs $38,915 in Plum Creek). Christiansburg has the higher median home value ($242,900 vs $110,900 in Plum Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
Population	22,820	1,067
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,451	$38,915
Median home value	$242,900	$110,900
Median gross rent	$1,171	$872
Housing units	10,588	665
Homeownership rate	60.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
Population	22,163 → 22,820 (+3.0%)	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$60,856 → $75,451 (+24.0%)	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $242,900 (+27.8%)	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,171 (+28.7%)	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)

Christiansburg

Population

22,16322,820

Median household income

$60,856$75,451

Median home value

$190,000$242,900

Median gross rent

$910$1,171

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)

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.4%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	83.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
No high school diploma	5.6%	13.9%
High school graduate	23.4%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
Drove alone	79.9%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
1-unit, detached	57.8%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	37.0%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Plum Creek
Poverty rate	12.4%	24.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1989	1978