Amherst vs Pleasanton

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and Pleasanton: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst and Pleasanton are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasanton has the higher population (554 vs 273 in Amherst). Pleasanton has the higher median household income ($68,194 vs $67,917 in Amherst). Pleasanton has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $169,600 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Pleasanton
Population	273	554
Median age	35.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$68,194
Median home value	$169,600	$201,900
Median gross rent	$683	$950
Housing units	103	225
Homeownership rate	80.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Pleasanton
Population	136 → 273 (+100.7%)	391 → 554 (+41.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $67,917 (+46.8%)	$54,107 → $68,194 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $169,600 (+84.3%)	$115,600 → $201,900 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $683 (-4.7%)	$936 → $950 (+1.5%)

Amherst

Population

136273

Median household income

$46,250$67,917

Median home value

$92,000$169,600

Median gross rent

$717$683

Pleasanton

Population

391554

Median household income

$54,107$68,194

Median home value

$115,600$201,900

Median gross rent

$936$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Pleasanton
Under 5	9.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.8%	23.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.2%
75 and over	9.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Pleasanton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Pleasanton
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Pleasanton
Drove alone	75.7%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Pleasanton
1-unit, detached	93.2%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Pleasanton
Poverty rate	2.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1955	1965