Pella vs Pleasantville

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

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

Pella has the higher population (10,624 vs 1,883 in Pleasantville). Pella has the higher median household income ($81,201 vs $67,692 in Pleasantville). Pella has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $161,500 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Pella	Pleasantville
Population	10,624	1,883
Median age	35.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,201	$67,692
Median home value	$259,600	$161,500
Median gross rent	$1,041	$830
Housing units	4,226	798
Homeownership rate	62.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pella	Pleasantville
Population	10,231 → 10,624 (+3.8%)	1,859 → 1,883 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$68,963 → $81,201 (+17.7%)	$53,220 → $67,692 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$187,400 → $259,600 (+38.5%)	$151,900 → $161,500 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,041 (+21.0%)	$650 → $830 (+27.7%)

Pella

Population

10,23110,624

Median household income

$68,963$81,201

Median home value

$187,400$259,600

Median gross rent

$860$1,041

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)

	Pella	Pleasantville
Under 5	5.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	18.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.3%
75 and over	10.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pella	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pella	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pella	Pleasantville
Drove alone	78.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pella	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Pella	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	13	25
Median year structure built	1977	1971