Griggsville vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Griggsville has the higher population (1,272 vs 985 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($55,208 vs $37,457 in Griggsville). Griggsville has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $76,300 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,272	985
Median age	40.6 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,457	$55,208
Median home value	$84,400	$76,300
Median gross rent	$556	$604
Housing units	559	423
Homeownership rate	57.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,458 → 1,272 (-12.8%)	1,037 → 985 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$53,088 → $37,457 (-29.4%)	$42,784 → $55,208 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $84,400 (+17.5%)	$62,300 → $76,300 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $556 (-15.8%)	$531 → $604 (+13.7%)

Griggsville

Population

1,4581,272

Median household income

$53,088$37,457

Median home value

$71,800$84,400

Median gross rent

$660$556

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)

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	4.6%	14.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.1%
75 and over	8.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	51.8%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	79.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	58.0%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Griggsville	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	21.1%	23.3%
Average household size	2.50	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1961	1963