Plum City vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Plum City and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Plum City and Spring Valley are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Valley has the higher population (1,260 vs 582 in Plum City). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $58,750 in Plum City). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($191,500 vs $164,600 in Plum City).

Population, income & housing

	Plum City	Spring Valley
Population	582	1,260
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$65,893
Median home value	$164,600	$191,500
Median gross rent	$788	$869
Housing units	249	620
Homeownership rate	68.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum City	Spring Valley
Population	533 → 582 (+9.2%)	1,521 → 1,260 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $58,750 (+22.1%)	$54,375 → $65,893 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $164,600 (+44.4%)	$124,100 → $191,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)	$905 → $869 (-4.0%)

Plum City

Population

533582

Median household income

$48,125$58,750

Median home value

$114,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$652$788

Spring Valley

Population

1,5211,260

Median household income

$54,375$65,893

Median home value

$124,100$191,500

Median gross rent

$905$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum City	Spring Valley
Under 5	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.7%
75 and over	15.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum City	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum City	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	52.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum City	Spring Valley
Drove alone	72.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	9.4%
Other means	8.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum City	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	73.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Plum City	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1955	1974