La Plume is located 11 miles northwest of Scranton, one of Pennsylvania's most populated cities.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), all land.

As of the census[4] of 2010, there were 602 people, 254 households, and 164 families residing in the township.

There were 254 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families.

30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.