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Population (year 2000): 5,070. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,229 (+22.9% change)
Males: 2,429 (47.9%), Females: 2,641 (52.1%)
Polk County
Zip code:
50317
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $60,694 (year 2000)
Median house value: $121,400 (year 2000)
Races in Pleasant Hill:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.9%)
- Hispanic (2.4%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Black (0.8%)
- Other Asian (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (26.4%), English (17.9%),
Irish (13.3%), United States (6.6%), Swedish (5.9%), Norwegian
(4.7%).
Elevation: 860 feet
Land area: 7.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pleasant Hill
- High school or higher: 93.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pleasant Hill city
- Never married: 17.7%
- Now married: 65.1%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 6.4%
- Divorced: 10.0%
2.2% Foreign born (1.0% Asia, 0.8% Latin
America, 0.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,239 (+32.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Pleasant Hill:
- IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; DES MOINES,
IA)
- IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; DES
MOINES, IA)
- BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; DES
MOINES, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pleasant Hill:
- DES MOINES INTL (about 11 miles; DES MOINES, IA; ID:
DSM)
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 81 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
- OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL (about 82 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; ID:
OTM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pleasant Hill:
- ANKENY REGIONAL (about 8 miles; ANKENY, IA; ID: IKV)
- MORNINGSTAR FIELD (about 10 miles; DES MOINES, IA;
ID: Y76)
- AMES MUNI (about 29 miles; AMES, IA; ID: AMW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pleasant Hill:
- DES MOINES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 12 miles;
ANKENY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 6,959)
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; DES MOINES, IA; FT
enrollment: 4,227)
- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; AMES, IA; FT
enrollment: 24,473)
- GRACELAND UNIVERSITY-LAMONI (about 73 miles; LAMONI,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; FT
DODGE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,807)
- INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 86 miles;
OTTUMWA, IA; FT enrollment: 2,744)
- HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 101 miles;
WATERLOO, IA; FT enrollment: 3,292)
Public primary/middle school in Pleasant Hill:
- FOUR MILE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 487;
Location: 670 SE 68TH ST; Grades: KG - 06)
Library in Pleasant Hill:
- PLEASANT HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $307,879; Location: 5151 MAPLE DR.; 27,126
books; 2,024 audio materials; 1,175 video materials; 128
serial subscriptions)
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