Plum Creek vs Riner

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

Plum Creek and Riner 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 1,037 in Riner). Riner has the higher median household income ($87,230 vs $38,915 in Plum Creek). Riner has the higher median home value ($353,000 vs $110,900 in Plum Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Plum Creek	Riner
Population	1,067	1,037
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,915	$87,230
Median home value	$110,900	$353,000
Median gross rent	$872	—
Housing units	665	364
Homeownership rate	66.3%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum Creek	Riner
Population	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)	1,056 → 1,037 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)	$120,455 → $87,230 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)	$289,700 → $353,000 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)	$1,857 → $1,729 (-6.9%)

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

Riner

Population

1,0561,037

Median household income

$120,455$87,230

Median home value

$289,700$353,000

Median gross rent

$1,857$1,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum Creek	Riner
Under 5	6.5%	14.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	3.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum Creek	Riner
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum Creek	Riner
No high school diploma	13.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.1%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum Creek	Riner
Drove alone	84.5%	95.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum Creek	Riner
1-unit, detached	59.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Plum Creek	Riner
Poverty rate	24.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1978	2003