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About Plum, Pennsylvania

Plum is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,144 at the 2020 census. A suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, it is located northeast of the city in what is commonly referred to as the East Hills suburbs.
Plum is often referred to as "Plum Boro" or more correctly "Plum Borough" by locals to distinguish it from its previous status as a township. It was founded as Plum Township in 1788 and was reorganized as a borough in 1956. The borough took its name from nearby Plum Creek.
Gender
Gender | Plum | Pennsylvania | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 51% | 51% | 50.8% |
Male | 49% | 49% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Plum | Pennsylvania | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 1.4% | 5.8% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2.2% | 4% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 7.3% | 8.8% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 6.4% | 9% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 9.2% | 12.1% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 17.2% | 17.6% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 15.3% | 13.2% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 24.8% | 15.7% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 9.8% | 6.7% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 6.4% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Plum | Pennsylvania | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | -1% | 2% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 3% | 6% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 28% | 34% | 27.0% |
Other College | 18% | 16% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 14% | 9% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 25% | 20% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 10% | 9% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 2% | 2% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 1% | 2% | 1.0% |
Household Income
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Plum | Pennsylvania | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 93.2% | 75.7% | 60.1% |
African American | 3.3% | 10.6% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Asian | 0.7% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
Other | 0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 2% | 2.2% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 0.8% | 7.6% | 18.2% |
Race / Ethnicity
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