Loami vs Pleasant Plains

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

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

Loami has the higher population (830 vs 785 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($78,542 vs $53,750 in Loami). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $108,800 in Loami).

Population, income & housing

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
Population	830	785
Median age	29.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$78,542
Median home value	$108,800	$152,000
Median gross rent	$871	$1,038
Housing units	368	352
Homeownership rate	79.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
Population	1,055 → 830 (-21.3%)	774 → 785 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $53,750 (-2.3%)	$71,944 → $78,542 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $108,800 (+16.0%)	$115,200 → $152,000 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $871 (+8.5%)	$755 → $1,038 (+37.5%)

Loami

Population

1,055830

Median household income

$55,000$53,750

Median home value

$93,800$108,800

Median gross rent

$803$871

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)

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	8.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.9%
75 and over	3.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	2.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	76.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	57.6%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Loami	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1977	1971