Bethesda vs Pleasant Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Bethesda and Pleasant Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethesda and Pleasant Plains are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Plains has the higher population (263 vs 136 in Bethesda). Bethesda has the higher median household income ($85,500 vs $57,143 in Pleasant Plains). Since 2019, Pleasant Plains's population has grown faster (-8.4% vs -26.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
Population	136	263
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,500	$57,143
Median home value	—	$130,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	42	97
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
Population	185 → 136 (-26.5%)	287 → 263 (-8.4%)
Median household income	—	$39,821 → $57,143 (+43.5%)
Median home value	—	$78,800 → $130,500 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $1,000 (+55.8%)

Bethesda

Population

185136

Pleasant Plains

Population

287263

Median household income

$39,821$57,143

Median home value

$78,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$642$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	20.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	22.8%	20.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	7.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	4.9%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	100.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	87.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	23.8%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethesda	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.5%
Average household size	3.24	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	2008	1978