Pleasant Plains vs Thayer

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

Pleasant Plains and Thayer 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 638 in Thayer). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($78,542 vs $63,125 in Thayer). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $87,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
Population	785	638
Median age	35.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,542	$63,125
Median home value	$152,000	$87,300
Median gross rent	$1,038	$919
Housing units	352	347
Homeownership rate	81.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
Population	774 → 785 (+1.4%)	786 → 638 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$71,944 → $78,542 (+9.2%)	$61,071 → $63,125 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $152,000 (+31.9%)	$72,400 → $87,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $1,038 (+37.5%)	$718 → $919 (+28.0%)

Pleasant Plains

Population

774785

Median household income

$71,944$78,542

Median home value

$115,200$152,000

Median gross rent

$755$1,038

Thayer

Population

786638

Median household income

$61,071$63,125

Median home value

$72,400$87,300

Median gross rent

$718$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
Under 5	2.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	19.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
Drove alone	77.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.8%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
1-unit, detached	88.1%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Plains	Thayer
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1971	1960