Living in Plum Grove, TX
Plum Grove is a small town of 1,832 people in Liberty County, Texas. It's about 34 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $191k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,832people
$191kTypical home
$1,159/moRent
92° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
250Sunny days
86Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,832
- Part of a metro area
- About 505 people per sq mi
- 34 mi to Houston, TX
- 34 mi to Houston, TX
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $191k (≈$1,206/mo)
- Median rent $1,159/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 250 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 115 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 86 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (175 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (652 per 100k)
People
- Median age 27
- 61% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 6% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 58 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to IAH airport
- 21 mi to IAH (major hub)
- 59 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2010
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 102 ft
- 31 mi to the ocean
- 101 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 21 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 587 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 68 bars within 25 mi
- 222 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Texas districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Liberty County: R+62 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.