Johnston vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Johnston has the higher population (24,196 vs 10,796 in Pleasant Hill). Johnston has the higher median household income ($103,430 vs $86,890 in Pleasant Hill). Johnston has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $284,100 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
Population	24,196	10,796
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,430	$86,890
Median home value	$346,200	$284,100
Median gross rent	$1,288	$1,204
Housing units	9,868	4,320
Homeownership rate	72.3%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
Population	21,406 → 24,196 (+13.0%)	9,871 → 10,796 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$96,948 → $103,430 (+6.7%)	$78,818 → $86,890 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$268,300 → $346,200 (+29.0%)	$201,500 → $284,100 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,288 (+12.4%)	$1,002 → $1,204 (+20.2%)

Johnston

Population

21,40624,196

Median household income

$96,948$103,430

Median home value

$268,300$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,288

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)

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	6.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	23.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	82.1%
Black or African American	8.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	14.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	79.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	58.7%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	15.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Johnston	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	7.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	2004	2002