A typical Plum home is worth roughly $134,000
Home prices around Plum have risen about 48% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Plum?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Plum home, with $105K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $280 more than owning.
How Plum ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Plum’s typical property tax (1.07% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 48% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Plum rose 48% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Last year prices fell 4.7%.
How Plum ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Plum, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
92% of Plum households own their home
Half of Plum’s homes were built before 1980.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100
Renters already here pay a median of $1,063.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
How Plum ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Crawford County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Plum in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Plum's population fell by 153 even though 7 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $330,000 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $330,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $680,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $211,000 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $165,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $179,000 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $912,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $236,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $354,000 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $472,000 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $590,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $472,000 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $472,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $354,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $354,000 |
How Plum ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Plum vs. its neighbors
Plum is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plum | $134K* | −4.7%† | $1,100 | 0 | $63,438 |
| Troy | $161K* | — | $1,020 | 1 | $71,202 |
| Jackson | $135K* | — | $1,260 | 0 | $66,250 |
| Oakland | $167K* | +4.3%† | $1,090 | 4 | $77,500 |
| Cherrytree | $142K* | −4.7%† | $970 | 2 | $56,971 |
| Wayne | $202K* | — | $990 | 3 | $75,000 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Plum buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.