Pleasant View vs Rocky Ripple

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasant View and Rocky Ripple: population, income, housing, and more.

Pleasant View and Rocky Ripple are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rocky Ripple has the higher population (611 vs 590 in Pleasant View). Pleasant View has the higher median home value ($277,800 vs $181,500 in Rocky Ripple). Since 2019, Rocky Ripple's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -9.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
Population	590	611
Median age	25.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,911
Median home value	$277,800	$181,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,335
Housing units	178	320
Homeownership rate	91.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
Population	651 → 590 (-9.4%)	647 → 611 (-5.6%)
Median household income	—	$55,625 → $64,911 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$230,600 → $277,800 (+20.5%)	$135,800 → $181,500 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,071 → $1,335 (+24.6%)

Pleasant View

Population

651590

Median home value

$230,600$277,800

Rocky Ripple

Population

647611

Median household income

$55,625$64,911

Median home value

$135,800$181,500

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	47.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	37.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	2.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	2.5%	11.0%
75 and over	2.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
Drove alone	81.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant View	Rocky Ripple
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.0%
Average household size	3.31	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1981	1951