Plum is a community in Fayette County, Texas, home to about 138 people across 3.5 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 78963.
Homes sold for a median of $167 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Plum. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)41 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Austin, TX49 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | San Antonio, TX96 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Plum; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
It’s the 1614th largest of 1,778 towns in Texas by population.
Fayette County grew from 36,542 residents in 1900 to 24,435 in 2020.
Fayette County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 97°F in summer, and winter lows average 39°F. About 37.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Smithville, TX weather station (9 miles away).
7,373 jobs at 771 businesses in Fayette County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Plum.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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