Barry vs Pleasant Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Barry and Pleasant Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Barry and Pleasant Hill are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barry has the higher population (1,442 vs 985 in Pleasant Hill). Barry has the higher median household income ($66,017 vs $55,208 in Pleasant Hill). Barry has the higher median home value ($88,600 vs $76,300 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,442	985
Median age	35.2 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,017	$55,208
Median home value	$88,600	$76,300
Median gross rent	$498	$604
Housing units	577	423
Homeownership rate	71.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,543 → 1,442 (-6.5%)	1,037 → 985 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$40,375 → $66,017 (+63.5%)	$42,784 → $55,208 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $88,600 (+30.1%)	$62,300 → $76,300 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $498 (-10.3%)	$531 → $604 (+13.7%)

Barry

Population

1,5431,442

Median household income

$40,375$66,017

Median home value

$68,100$88,600

Median gross rent

$555$498

Pleasant Hill

Population

1,037985

Median household income

$42,784$55,208

Median home value

$62,300$76,300

Median gross rent

$531$604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	8.5%	14.3%
5 to 17	20.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.1%
75 and over	7.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	12.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	80.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	78.7%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Barry	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	16.7%	23.3%
Average household size	2.76	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1945	1963