McLeansville vs Pleasant Garden

A side-by-side comparison of McLeansville and Pleasant Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

McLeansville and Pleasant Garden are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Garden has the higher population (4,989 vs 740 in McLeansville). Pleasant Garden has the higher median home value ($212,700 vs $166,300 in McLeansville). Since 2019, Pleasant Garden's population has grown faster (+3.1% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
Population	740	4,989
Median age	62.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,482
Median home value	$166,300	$212,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,114
Housing units	442	2,244
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
Population	1,044 → 740 (-29.1%)	4,837 → 4,989 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$60,717 → $69,902 (+15.1%)	$65,614 → $88,482 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $166,300 (+14.1%)	$171,700 → $212,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $706 (-3.4%)	$806 → $1,114 (+38.2%)

McLeansville

Population

1,044740

Median household income

$60,717$69,902

Median home value

$145,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$731$706

Pleasant Garden

Population

4,8374,989

Median household income

$65,614$88,482

Median home value

$171,700$212,700

Median gross rent

$806$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
Under 5	0.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	1.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	0.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	42.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.1%
75 and over	20.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	77.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
Drove alone	99.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
1-unit, detached	87.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	12.7%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	McLeansville	Pleasant Garden
Poverty rate	20.3%	9.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1983	1979