Pleasant Plain, Iowa

Population

Down 2.6% since 2020.

76

people, the 849th-largest of Iowa's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Iowa's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $323.

A $323 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Jefferson County.

• $688 Tract 901
• $1,011 Tract 902

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 84% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 63% less than Iowa's.

$77,800

median home value in Pleasant Plain.

• $77,800 Pleasant Plain
• $208,000 Iowa
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year