Pleasant Plain vs Roachester

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasant Plain and Roachester: population, income, housing, and more.

Pleasant Plain and Roachester are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roachester has the higher population (369 vs 141 in Pleasant Plain). Pleasant Plain has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $65,682 in Roachester). Roachester has the higher median home value ($164,000 vs $161,700 in Pleasant Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
Population	141	369
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,125	$65,682
Median home value	$161,700	$164,000
Median gross rent	$1,097	$738
Housing units	59	140
Homeownership rate	78.0%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
Population	187 → 141 (-24.6%)	578 → 369 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $103,125 (+89.7%)	$51,538 → $65,682 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $161,700 (+69.5%)	$146,800 → $164,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,097 (+46.3%)	$731 → $738 (+1.0%)

Pleasant Plain

Population

187141

Median household income

$54,375$103,125

Median home value

$95,400$161,700

Median gross rent

$750$1,097

Roachester

Population

578369

Median household income

$51,538$65,682

Median home value

$146,800$164,000

Median gross rent

$731$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
Under 5	10.6%	15.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	6.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	4.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	33.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.9%
75 and over	2.1%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
No high school diploma	9.4%	22.0%
High school graduate	61.3%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
Drove alone	57.8%	89.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
1-unit, detached	96.6%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Plain	Roachester
Poverty rate	2.2%	14.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1972