Plum Creek vs Prices Fork

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

Plum Creek and Prices Fork 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 909 in Prices Fork). Prices Fork has the higher median household income ($75,568 vs $38,915 in Plum Creek). Prices Fork has the higher median home value ($273,800 vs $110,900 in Plum Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
Population	1,067	909
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,915	$75,568
Median home value	$110,900	$273,800
Median gross rent	$872	$1,241
Housing units	665	452
Homeownership rate	66.3%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
Population	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)	917 → 909 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)	$54,375 → $75,568 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)	$265,000 → $273,800 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)	$1,044 → $1,241 (+18.9%)

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

Prices Fork

Population

917909

Median household income

$54,375$75,568

Median home value

$265,000$273,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.6%
75 and over	5.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
No high school diploma	13.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	48.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
Drove alone	84.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	9.8%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
1-unit, detached	59.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Plum Creek	Prices Fork
Poverty rate	24.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1978	1980