Bussey vs Pleasantville

A side-by-side comparison of Bussey and Pleasantville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasantville has the higher population (1,883 vs 453 in Bussey). Pleasantville has the higher median household income ($67,692 vs $47,857 in Bussey). Pleasantville has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $62,500 in Bussey).

Population, income & housing

	Bussey	Pleasantville
Population	453	1,883
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,857	$67,692
Median home value	$62,500	$161,500
Median gross rent	$580	$830
Housing units	209	798
Homeownership rate	85.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bussey	Pleasantville
Population	420 → 453 (+7.9%)	1,859 → 1,883 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $47,857 (+48.2%)	$53,220 → $67,692 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $62,500 (+28.9%)	$151,900 → $161,500 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $580 (+12.6%)	$650 → $830 (+27.7%)

Bussey

Population

420453

Median household income

$32,303$47,857

Median home value

$48,500$62,500

Median gross rent

$515$580

Pleasantville

Population

1,8591,883

Median household income

$53,220$67,692

Median home value

$151,900$161,500

Median gross rent

$650$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bussey	Pleasantville
Under 5	4.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	4.3%
75 and over	8.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bussey	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bussey	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bussey	Pleasantville
Drove alone	85.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bussey	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	92.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Bussey	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1944	1971