Perry vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Pleasant Hill has the higher population (985 vs 254 in Perry). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($55,208 vs $50,625 in Perry). Perry has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $76,300 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
Population	254	985
Median age	54.6 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$55,208
Median home value	$81,700	$76,300
Median gross rent	$475	$604
Housing units	186	423
Homeownership rate	79.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
Population	303 → 254 (-16.2%)	1,037 → 985 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $50,625 (+26.6%)	$42,784 → $55,208 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $81,700 (+34.6%)	$62,300 → $76,300 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $475 (+0.0%)	$531 → $604 (+13.7%)

Perry

Population

303254

Median household income

$40,000$50,625

Median home value

$60,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$475$475

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)

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	1.2%	14.3%
5 to 17	3.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	2.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	27.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	18.9%	7.1%
75 and over	16.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	44.7%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	79.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	72.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	17.7%	23.3%
Average household size	1.78	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1968	1963