Merrimac vs Plum Creek

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

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

Merrimac has the higher population (2,955 vs 1,067 in Plum Creek). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($55,202 vs $38,915 in Plum Creek). Plum Creek has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $73,400 in Merrimac).

Population, income & housing

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
Population	2,955	1,067
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,202	$38,915
Median home value	$73,400	$110,900
Median gross rent	$1,099	$872
Housing units	1,715	665
Homeownership rate	28.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
Population	2,651 → 2,955 (+11.5%)	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$43,846 → $55,202 (+25.9%)	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$211,400 → $73,400 (-65.3%)	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $1,099 (+66.0%)	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)

Merrimac

Population

2,6512,955

Median household income

$43,846$55,202

Median home value

$211,400$73,400

Median gross rent

$662$1,099

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)

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
Under 5	2.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	7.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	21.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	4.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	5.4%
75 and over	18.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	83.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
No high school diploma	7.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
Drove alone	70.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.7%
Public transit	11.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
1-unit, detached	15.0%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	37.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrimac	Plum Creek
Poverty rate	11.8%	24.6%
Average household size	1.83	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1989	1978