Clive vs Pleasant Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Clive and Pleasant Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clive has the higher population (18,776 vs 10,796 in Pleasant Hill). Clive has the higher median household income ($131,082 vs $86,890 in Pleasant Hill). Clive has the higher median home value ($379,000 vs $284,100 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
Population	18,776	10,796
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$131,082	$86,890
Median home value	$379,000	$284,100
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,204
Housing units	7,455	4,320
Homeownership rate	73.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
Population	17,167 → 18,776 (+9.4%)	9,871 → 10,796 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$104,839 → $131,082 (+25.0%)	$78,818 → $86,890 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $379,000 (+43.4%)	$201,500 → $284,100 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,099 (+11.7%)	$1,002 → $1,204 (+20.2%)

Clive

Population

17,16718,776

Median household income

$104,839$131,082

Median home value

$264,300$379,000

Median gross rent

$984$1,099

Pleasant Hill

Population

9,87110,796

Median household income

$78,818$86,890

Median home value

$201,500$284,100

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	5.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.2%
75 and over	7.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	5.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	12.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	62.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.2%	10.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	64.5%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Clive	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	4.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1995	2002