Hamilton vs Pleasantville

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

Hamilton 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 87 in Hamilton). Hamilton has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $67,692 in Pleasantville). Since 2019, Hamilton's population has grown faster (+35.9% vs +1.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
Population	87	1,883
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$67,692
Median home value	—	$161,500
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	40	798
Homeownership rate	94.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
Population	64 → 87 (+35.9%)	1,859 → 1,883 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $70,000 (+43.6%)	$53,220 → $67,692 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $61,000 (-14.4%)	$151,900 → $161,500 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$650 → $830 (+27.7%)

Hamilton

Population

6487

Median household income

$48,750$70,000

Median home value

$71,300$61,000

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)

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
Under 5	9.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	28.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	4.3%
75 and over	5.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	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	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	45.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
Drove alone	97.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	60.0%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	3.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1971	1971