Peculiar vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Pleasant Hill has the higher population (8,853 vs 5,815 in Peculiar). Peculiar has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $94,840 in Pleasant Hill). Peculiar has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $245,400 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
Population	5,815	8,853
Median age	33.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$94,840
Median home value	$252,400	$245,400
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,139
Housing units	2,139	3,546
Homeownership rate	73.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
Population	5,139 → 5,815 (+13.2%)	8,510 → 8,853 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$62,708 → $96,250 (+53.5%)	$70,728 → $94,840 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $252,400 (+71.7%)	$178,300 → $245,400 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,152 (+29.4%)	$976 → $1,139 (+16.7%)

Peculiar

Population

5,1395,815

Median household income

$62,708$96,250

Median home value

$147,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,152

Pleasant Hill

Population

8,5108,853

Median household income

$70,728$94,840

Median home value

$178,300$245,400

Median gross rent

$976$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	10.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	5.1%	7.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.9%
75 and over	4.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	31.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	69.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	8.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	81.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Peculiar	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1995	1993