Halfway vs Pleasant Hope

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

Halfway 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 123 in Halfway). Pleasant Hope has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $40,139 in Halfway). Since 2019, Halfway's population has grown faster (+3.4% vs +2.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
Population	123	679
Median age	54.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,139	$61,607
Median home value	—	$142,500
Median gross rent	$688	$875
Housing units	74	279
Homeownership rate	59.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
Population	119 → 123 (+3.4%)	662 → 679 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$35,313 → $40,139 (+13.7%)	$39,276 → $61,607 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $92,500 (+12.9%)	$106,300 → $142,500 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $688 (+21.3%)	$770 → $875 (+13.6%)

Halfway

Population

119123

Median household income

$35,313$40,139

Median home value

$81,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$567$688

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)

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
Under 5	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	19.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	39.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	4.7%
75 and over	4.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	8.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
No high school diploma	22.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	49.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
Drove alone	90.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	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	6.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
1-unit, detached	67.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Halfway	Pleasant Hope
Poverty rate	23.6%	19.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1970	1989