Pittsfield vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (4,422 vs 985 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($55,208 vs $52,432 in Pittsfield). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $76,300 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
Population	4,422	985
Median age	43.4 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,432	$55,208
Median home value	$113,300	$76,300
Median gross rent	$703	$604
Housing units	2,123	423
Homeownership rate	77.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
Population	4,362 → 4,422 (+1.4%)	1,037 → 985 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$41,574 → $52,432 (+26.1%)	$42,784 → $55,208 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $113,300 (+15.1%)	$62,300 → $76,300 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $703 (+18.4%)	$531 → $604 (+13.7%)

Pittsfield

Population

4,3624,422

Median household income

$41,574$52,432

Median home value

$98,400$113,300

Median gross rent

$594$703

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)

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	3.3%	14.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.1%
75 and over	14.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	4.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	39.7%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	87.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	86.8%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Pittsfield	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	15.7%	23.3%
Average household size	2.19	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1963	1963