McHenry vs Pleasant Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of McHenry and Pleasant Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

McHenry and Pleasant Ridge are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Ridge has the higher population (729 vs 355 in McHenry). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median household income ($41,615 vs $39,583 in McHenry). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $74,600 in McHenry).

Population, income & housing

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
Population	355	729
Median age	42.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$41,615
Median home value	$74,600	$104,500
Median gross rent	$673	$996
Housing units	161	372
Homeownership rate	69.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
Population	309 → 355 (+14.9%)	634 → 729 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$38,250 → $39,583 (+3.5%)	$38,750 → $41,615 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$50,600 → $74,600 (+47.4%)	$90,100 → $104,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $673 (-3.0%)	$687 → $996 (+45.0%)

McHenry

Population

309355

Median household income

$38,250$39,583

Median home value

$50,600$74,600

Median gross rent

$694$673

Pleasant Ridge

Population

634729

Median household income

$38,750$41,615

Median home value

$90,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$687$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	3.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	17.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	27.0%
75 and over	5.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	17.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	50.8%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	86.8%	69.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	57.1%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	McHenry	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	25.1%	21.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1989	1975