Elliston vs Plum Creek

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

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

Plum Creek has the higher population (1,067 vs 1,041 in Elliston). Elliston has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $110,900 in Plum Creek). Since 2019, Elliston's population has grown faster (-1.8% vs -29.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Elliston	Plum Creek
Population	1,041	1,067
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,915
Median home value	$162,500	$110,900
Median gross rent	$913	$872
Housing units	503	665
Homeownership rate	50.9%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elliston	Plum Creek
Population	1,060 → 1,041 (-1.8%)	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$58,374 → $33,870 (-42.0%)	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $162,500 (+24.9%)	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $913 (+30.6%)	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)

Elliston

Population

1,0601,041

Median household income

$58,374$33,870

Median home value

$130,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$699$913

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)

	Elliston	Plum Creek
Under 5	9.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	4.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	17.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.4%
75 and over	1.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elliston	Plum Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
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%	2.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elliston	Plum Creek
No high school diploma	1.5%	13.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elliston	Plum Creek
Drove alone	95.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elliston	Plum Creek
1-unit, detached	36.4%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.7%	37.0%

Poverty & households

	Elliston	Plum Creek
Poverty rate	42.3%	24.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1985	1978