Oil Trough vs Pleasant Plains

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

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

Oil Trough has the higher population (281 vs 263 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $37,778 in Oil Trough). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $84,000 in Oil Trough).

Population, income & housing

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
Population	281	263
Median age	19.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,778	$57,143
Median home value	$84,000	$130,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	116	97
Homeownership rate	76.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
Population	222 → 281 (+26.6%)	287 → 263 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $37,778 (-17.8%)	$39,821 → $57,143 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $84,000 (+21.0%)	$78,800 → $130,500 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $525 (-12.5%)	$642 → $1,000 (+55.8%)

Oil Trough

Population

222281

Median household income

$45,938$37,778

Median home value

$69,400$84,000

Median gross rent

$600$525

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)

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	27.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	3.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	20.5%
45 to 54	3.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	7.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.9%
75 and over	11.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	81.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	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	33.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	8.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	56.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	17.9%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	83.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Oil Trough	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	49.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.92	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1970	1978