Lafayette vs Plum Creek

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

Lafayette 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 528 in Lafayette). Plum Creek has the higher median household income ($38,915 vs $32,210 in Lafayette). Since 2019, Lafayette's population has grown faster (-7.2% vs -29.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
Population	528	1,067
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,210	$38,915
Median home value	—	$110,900
Median gross rent	—	$872
Housing units	257	665
Homeownership rate	89.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	60.5%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
Population	569 → 528 (-7.2%)	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $32,210 (-3.9%)	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)
Median home value	—	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)

Lafayette

Population

569528

Median household income

$33,523$32,210

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)

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
Under 5	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	6.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	28.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.4%
75 and over	15.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	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	12.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
No high school diploma	23.2%	13.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
Drove alone	76.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
1-unit, detached	52.5%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	37.0%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Plum Creek
Poverty rate	31.4%	24.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1961	1978