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Plum Creek is a small town of 1,068 people in Montgomery County, Virginia. It's about 8 miles from Blacksburg, VA and 134 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $305k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,068people
$305kTypical home
$1,169/moRent
83° / 43°Summer / winter
23"Snow
215Sunny days
134Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,068
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 689 people per sq mi
- 134 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 8 mi to Blacksburg, VA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $305k (≈$1,921/mo)
- Median rent $1,169/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 215 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 150 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 134 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (133 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (916 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 20% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 14% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to ROA airport
- 78 mi to GSO (major hub)
- 33 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,824 ft
- 178 mi to the ocean
- 41 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 47 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 144 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 25 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Montgomery County: D+4 in 2024
- Virginia: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.