Dawson vs Pleasant Plains

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

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

Pleasant Plains has the higher population (785 vs 555 in Dawson). Dawson has the higher median household income ($82,880 vs $78,542 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $97,500 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
Population	555	785
Median age	41.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,880	$78,542
Median home value	$97,500	$152,000
Median gross rent	$805	$1,038
Housing units	263	352
Homeownership rate	76.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
Population	649 → 555 (-14.5%)	774 → 785 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $82,880 (+73.2%)	$71,944 → $78,542 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $97,500 (+0.0%)	$115,200 → $152,000 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $805 (-12.7%)	$755 → $1,038 (+37.5%)

Dawson

Population

649555

Median household income

$47,841$82,880

Median home value

$97,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$922$805

Pleasant Plains

Population

774785

Median household income

$71,944$78,542

Median home value

$115,200$152,000

Median gross rent

$755$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	4.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	7.9%
75 and over	13.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	49.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	68.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	76.8%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1975	1971