Maharishi Vedic City vs Pleasant Plain

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

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

Maharishi Vedic City has the higher population (233 vs 79 in Pleasant Plain). Pleasant Plain has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $62,813 in Maharishi Vedic City). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median home value ($328,600 vs $73,800 in Pleasant Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
Population	233	79
Median age	69.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$66,250
Median home value	$328,600	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,101	—
Housing units	166	41
Homeownership rate	42.3%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
Population	544 → 233 (-57.2%)	87 → 79 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$42,321 → $62,813 (+48.4%)	$53,125 → $66,250 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$243,800 → $328,600 (+34.8%)	$62,500 → $73,800 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,101 (+18.4%)	—

Maharishi Vedic City

Population

544233

Median household income

$42,321$62,813

Median home value

$243,800$328,600

Median gross rent

$930$1,101

Pleasant Plain

Population

8779

Median household income

$53,125$66,250

Median home value

$62,500$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
Under 5	0.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	3.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	0.4%	25.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	19.0%
65 to 74	54.1%	11.4%
75 and over	7.7%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
No high school diploma	1.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	2.8%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
Drove alone	52.6%	62.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	31.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
1-unit, detached	23.5%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	49.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Maharishi Vedic City	Pleasant Plain
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.1%
Average household size	1.53	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	2001	1938