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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-PLUM-GROVE-TX · Plum Grove, TX 2,425 pop · income 50th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Plum Grove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Plum Grove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Springdale · lowest
42,708
Springdale · lowest
42,708 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #1
Ostrander · near
70,357
Ostrander · near
70,357 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #2
Cassadaga · near
70,357
Cassadaga · near
70,357 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #3
Chapman · near
70,357
Chapman · near
70,357 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #4
Lacombe · near
70,361
Lacombe · near
70,361 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #5
Plum Grove · this city
70,362
Plum Grove · this city
70,362 median HH income
32.7% of the leader · rank #6
Anchorage · highest
215,156
Anchorage · highest
215,156 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Plum Grove on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,425.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Plum Grove - the verdict
Nationally, Plum Grove sits in the 50th percentile for household income and the 80th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
50th
percentile, household income
18th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
80th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Plum Grove, TX
Texas's Plum Grove is a small town, with 2,425 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Plum Grove brings in $70,362 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 25.8%. Typical homes in Plum Grove are valued around $121,800, and the median resident age is 20.8 years. 5.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 57.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Plum Grove reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 617.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,149 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Plum Grove's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Plum Grove, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Plum Grove?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 25.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Plum Grove?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 617.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 73% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Plum Grove?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Garfield (2,424 residents, $71,607 income); Premont (2,424 residents, $45,712 income); Junction (2,439 residents, $51,667 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kahuku, HI (2,425 residents); Scottsville, NY (2,425 residents); Springdale, SC (2,422 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Plum Grove?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Plum Grove growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +447 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +36.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
1,230
2025 estimate
1,677
Period change
+36.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 25.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Plum Grove, TX
37/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime B-
124 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income C-
$70,362
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
25.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
5.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Plum Grove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 65/100 (B-) · 124 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,362
Poverty rate: 5/100 (F) · 25.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 5.7%
Where Plum Grove sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Plum Grove's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Plum Grove highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Plum Grove, TX (this city): home $121,800, crime 618/100k
Springdale, SC : home $89,900, crime 3,169/100k
Anchorage, KY : home $827,000, crime 649/100k
Clayton, GA : home $228,100, crime 3,164/100k
Premont, TX : home $80,700, crime 839/100k
Junction, TX : home $146,100, crime 508/100k
Palmer, TX : home $203,400, crime 307/100k
Tool, TX : home $163,700, crime 257/100k
How does Plum Grove compare to other US cities?
Where Plum Grove sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income50% higher than other cities
Home value18% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety80% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Plum Grove ranks #128 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Plum Grove against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Plum Grove near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Plum Grove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Plum Grove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#604 of 1,520
60th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#960 of 1,505
36th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#175 of 1,663
89th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,475 of 1,663
11th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
50th percentile nationally for median household income · 80th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Plum Grove's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Plum Grove's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Plum Grove's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$121,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 82% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Plum Grove's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#826 of 15,516
More affordable than 95% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#801 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.7×, Plum Grove sits in the affordable band:
national rank #826 of 15,516 and #801 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$70,362Plum Grove, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Plum Grove, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Plum Grove, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)5.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,425
Median Income
$70,362
Median Home Value
$121,800
Median Age
20.8
Poverty Rate
25.8%
Labor force participation
57.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
5.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
617.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
123.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
494.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Plum Grove's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,230 residents
2021
1,313 residents
2022
1,393 residents
2023
1,493 residents
2024
1,593 residents
2025
1,677 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.1%
Carpool
18.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.4%
Based on 838 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Plum Grove. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Plum Grove is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Plum Grove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Plum Grove compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.