Mechanicsburg vs Pleasant Plains

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

Mechanicsburg 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 748 in Mechanicsburg). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($78,542 vs $77,422 in Mechanicsburg). Mechanicsburg has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $152,000 in Pleasant Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
Population	748	785
Median age	47.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,422	$78,542
Median home value	$206,300	$152,000
Median gross rent	$781	$1,038
Housing units	319	352
Homeownership rate	87.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
Population	671 → 748 (+11.5%)	774 → 785 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$65,536 → $77,422 (+18.1%)	$71,944 → $78,542 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $206,300 (+73.4%)	$115,200 → $152,000 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $781 (+3.9%)	$755 → $1,038 (+37.5%)

Mechanicsburg

Population

671748

Median household income

$65,536$77,422

Median home value

$119,000$206,300

Median gross rent

$752$781

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)

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	3.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	20.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.9%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	7.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	81.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	85.6%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Mechanicsburg	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1988	1971