COMPARING TWO PLACES
Pleasant Plain vs Montgomery
PLACE A
Pleasant Plain, Iowa
VS
PLACE B
Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Pleasant Plain is 95% smaller than Montgomery. Pleasant Plain earns more, with a median household income $22,522 higher. Montgomery has grown faster since 2000 (-1% vs -10%).
PLEASANT PLAINMONTGOMERYDIFFERENCE
Total population761,538−95% vs Montgomery
Population density752,812−2,737
Population growth-9.7%-0.7%−9.0 pts
Median age49.630.1+19.5
Male39.1%51.2%−12.1 pts
Female60.9%48.8%+12.1 pts
Foreign-born0.0%0.4%−0.4 pts
White, non-Hispanic100.0%89.0%+11.0 pts
Black0.0%0.0%Even
Hispanic / Latino0.0%4.7%−4.7 pts
Asian0.0%0.4%−0.4 pts
Other0.0%5.8%−5.8 pts
Median household income$86,458$63,936+$22,522
Per capita income$42,471$27,257+$15,214
Poverty rate6.5%5.3%+1.2 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.2380.354−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher11.1%18.3%−7.2 pts
Graduate degree2.8%4.0%−1.2 pts
Unemployment rate0.0%6.4%−6.4 pts
Labor force participation61.0%67.0%−6.0 pts
Median home value$77,800$145,900−$68,100
Median gross rent$400$1,006−$606
Owner-occupied98.0%64.5%+33.5 pts
Housing vacancy rate0.0%9.1%−9.1 pts
Rent-burdened households0.0%44.2%−44.2 pts
Average commute21.629.6−8.0
Worked from home10.0%9.3%+0.7 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.6%−0.6 pts
Uninsured4.3%2.8%+1.5 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025