Pleasant Plains vs Salado

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

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

Salado has the higher population (443 vs 263 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $36,789 in Salado). Since 2019, Pleasant Plains's population has grown faster (-8.4% vs -37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
Population	263	443
Median age	37.8 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	$36,789
Median home value	$130,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	97	197
Homeownership rate	79.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
Population	287 → 263 (-8.4%)	709 → 443 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$39,821 → $57,143 (+43.5%)	$32,778 → $36,789 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $130,500 (+65.6%)	$65,000 → $80,500 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $1,000 (+55.8%)	—

Pleasant Plains

Population

287263

Median household income

$39,821$57,143

Median home value

$78,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$642$1,000

Salado

Population

709443

Median household income

$32,778$36,789

Median home value

$65,000$80,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	47.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	31.4%
35 to 44	20.5%	2.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	4.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	3.6%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	100.0%
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	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
No high school diploma	13.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
Drove alone	81.4%	86.1%
Carpooled	18.6%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
1-unit, detached	90.7%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Plains	Salado
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.0%
Average household size	3.13	4.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1978	1983