Plum Creek vs Shawsville

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

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

Shawsville has the higher population (1,725 vs 1,067 in Plum Creek). Shawsville has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $38,915 in Plum Creek). Plum Creek has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $84,300 in Shawsville).

Population, income & housing

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
Population	1,067	1,725
Median age	39.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,915	$70,469
Median home value	$110,900	$84,300
Median gross rent	$872	$1,115
Housing units	665	563
Homeownership rate	66.3%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
Population	1,521 → 1,067 (-29.8%)	1,548 → 1,725 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$37,379 → $38,915 (+4.1%)	$60,212 → $70,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $110,900 (+20.8%)	$111,600 → $84,300 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $872 (+26.0%)	$906 → $1,115 (+23.1%)

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

Shawsville

Population

1,5481,725

Median household income

$60,212$70,469

Median home value

$111,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$906$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
Under 5	6.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.7%	27.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	4.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.6%
75 and over	5.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	5.6%	6.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
No high school diploma	13.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	48.1%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
Drove alone	84.5%	96.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
1-unit, detached	59.2%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.0%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Plum Creek	Shawsville
Poverty rate	24.6%	11.7%
Average household size	2.05	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1978	1976