Libertyville vs Pleasant Plain

A side-by-side comparison of Libertyville and Pleasant Plain: population, income, housing, and more.

Libertyville and Pleasant Plain are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Libertyville has the higher population (373 vs 79 in Pleasant Plain). Libertyville has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $66,250 in Pleasant Plain). Libertyville has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $73,800 in Pleasant Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
Population	373	79
Median age	42.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$66,250
Median home value	$177,700	$73,800
Median gross rent	$930	—
Housing units	165	41
Homeownership rate	70.5%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
Population	433 → 373 (-13.9%)	87 → 79 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$51,719 → $74,107 (+43.3%)	$53,125 → $66,250 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $177,700 (+115.4%)	$62,500 → $73,800 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $930 (+16.8%)	—

Libertyville

Population

433373

Median household income

$51,719$74,107

Median home value

$82,500$177,700

Median gross rent

$796$930

Pleasant Plain

Population

8779

Median household income

$53,125$66,250

Median home value

$62,500$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
Under 5	2.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	13.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	25.3%
55 to 64	20.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
Drove alone	84.2%	62.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	31.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
1-unit, detached	75.2%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Libertyville	Pleasant Plain
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.50	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1972	1938