Aldrich vs Pleasant Hope

A side-by-side comparison of Aldrich and Pleasant Hope: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Hope has the higher population (679 vs 61 in Aldrich). Aldrich has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $61,607 in Pleasant Hope). Pleasant Hope has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $112,500 in Aldrich).

Population, income & housing

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
Population	61	679
Median age	47.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$61,607
Median home value	$112,500	$142,500
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	35	279
Homeownership rate	87.9%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
Population	68 → 61 (-10.3%)	662 → 679 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $68,750 (+35.2%)	$39,276 → $61,607 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $112,500 (+27.4%)	$106,300 → $142,500 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$770 → $875 (+13.6%)

Aldrich

Population

6861

Median household income

$50,833$68,750

Median home value

$88,300$112,500

Pleasant Hope

Population

662679

Median household income

$39,276$61,607

Median home value

$106,300$142,500

Median gross rent

$770$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
Under 5	6.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	24.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.7%
75 and over	9.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
No high school diploma	19.6%	10.7%
High school graduate	23.9%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
Drove alone	96.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
1-unit, detached	94.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Aldrich	Pleasant Hope
Poverty rate	9.8%	19.3%
Average household size	1.85	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1971	1989