What percentage of people rent in Plum Creek, VA?

Name: Renters and owners in Plum Creek, VA, 2020–2024
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39.1% (±17.5 points) of the occupied homes in Plum Creek, VA are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 192 renting households against 299 that own their home.

In Plum Creek, the share of households that rent went from 28.4% in 2015–2019 to 39.1% in 2020–2024 (+10.7 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 39.1% (±17.5 points)
Renting households: 192 (±94)
Median renter income: $41,957 (±$7,105)

Who rents and who owns in Plum Creek

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Plum Creek	Montgomery County	Virginia	United States
Renter-occupied share	39.1% (±17.5 points)	44.7% (±1.8 points)	32.7% (±0.3 points)	34.8%
Renting households	192 (±94)	16,523 (±787)	1,099,123 (±8,702)	45,017,354
Owning households	299 (±118)	20,438 (±680)	2,266,609 (±13,049)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	1.9 (±0.8)	2.4 (±0.1)	2.3 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.3 (±0.6)	2.4 (±0.1)	2.6 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	$41,957 (±$7,105)	$36,307 (±$2,475)	$60,343 (±$529)	$52,966
Median owner household income	—	$105,795 (±$5,468)	$114,147 (±$479)	$100,009

In Plum Creek, the renter share is not measurably different from Montgomery County (44.7%).

It is not measurably different from Virginia (32.7%).

It is not measurably different from the national figure (34.8%).

In Montgomery County, Plum Creek ranks 4 of 6 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 150 of 464.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How renting in Plum Creek has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	28.4% (±16.1 points)	39.1% (±17.5 points)	+10.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Median gross rent	$692 (±$553)	$1,169 (±$517)	+68.9%	No measurable change after inflation
Median household income	$37,379 (±$14,577)	$41,603 (±$21,623)	+11.3%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Households that rent in places near Plum Creek

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Plum Creek
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
Plum Creek	—	39.1% (±17.5 points)	—
Fairlawn	2.6 mi	16.4% (±7.7 points)	Lower
Radford	3.1 mi	57.7% (±3.7 points)	Higher
Riner	5.4 mi	8.6% (±10.6 points)	Lower
Christiansburg	5.5 mi	40.2% (±3.8 points)	Not measurably different
Merrimac	6.5 mi	73.4% (±8.8 points)	Higher
Blacksburg	8.3 mi	64.2% (±2.7 points)	Higher
Dublin	10 mi	59.1% (±10.3 points)	Not measurably different
Shawsville	14 mi	16.9% (±14.6 points)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Fairlawn, VA (16.4%), Riner, VA (8.6%).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Radford, VA (57.7%), Merrimac, VA (73.4%), Blacksburg, VA (64.2%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Households that rent across Montgomery County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
1	Merrimac	73.4% (±8.8 points)
2	Blacksburg	64.2% (±2.7 points)
3	Christiansburg	40.2% (±3.8 points)
4	Plum Creek	39.1% (±17.5 points)
5	Shawsville	16.9% (±14.6 points)
6	Riner	8.6% (±10.6 points)

Plum Creek is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Plum Creek

How many renters are there in Plum Creek?

Plum Creek has an estimated 192 (±94) renting households, 39.1% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in Plum Creek?

In Plum Creek, the share of households that rent went from 28.4% in 2015–2019 to 39.1% in 2020–2024 (+10.7 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How big are renting households in Plum Creek?

A renting household in Plum Creek has 1.9 people on average, against 2.3 in an owned home.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Plum Creek CDP, Virginia (place:63190, in state:51).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.