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SheetAL-PLEASANT-GROVES-AL · Pleasant Groves, AL 490 pop · income 32nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Pleasant Groves
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pleasant Groves on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hanna · lowest
37,625
Hanna · lowest
37,625 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Nunica · near
57,847
Nunica · near
57,847 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #2
Reedurban · near
57,847
Reedurban · near
57,847 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #3
Pleasant Grov… · this city
57,850
Pleasant Grov… · this city
57,850 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #4
Turtle Lake · near
57,854
Turtle Lake · near
57,854 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #5
Blue Ridge Su… · near
57,857
Blue Ridge Su… · near
57,857 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #6
Echo · highest
124,145
Echo · highest
124,145 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Pleasant Groves on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 490.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Pleasant Groves places in the 32nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
32nd
percentile, household income
29th
percentile, home value
1st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Pleasant Groves, AL
Alabama's Pleasant Groves is a small town, with 490 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Pleasant Groves households earn a median of $57,850 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Typical homes in Pleasant Groves are valued around $156,000, and the median resident age is 42.8 years. 14.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Alabama run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Alabama at 88.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $936 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Alabama run around $245, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 29.9 minutes, with 84.0% driving alone and 7.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 61.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Pleasant Groves's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pleasant Groves, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Pleasant Groves?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Alabama, the closest population matches are Clayhatchee (490 residents, $53,095 income); Lisman (490 residents, $42,109 income); Ray (488 residents, $68,487 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ila, GA (490 residents); Leslie, GA (490 residents); Ualapue, HI (490 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Pleasant Groves?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Pleasant Groves growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +10 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What does the journey to work look like in Pleasant Groves?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 29.9 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$57,850
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Pleasant Groves profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 90/100 (A+) · 88.8 index
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) · 3.2%
Household income: 31/100 (F) · $57,850
Bachelor's+ share: 19/100 (F) · 14.6%
How does Pleasant Groves compare to other US cities?
Where Pleasant Groves sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income32% higher than other cities
Home value29% pricier than other cities
Median rent1% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Pleasant Groves against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alabama only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alabama-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Pleasant Groves near the bottom of Alabama's cities
Among the 556 Alabama cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pleasant Groves ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pleasant Groves only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#221 of 530
58th percentile in Alabama
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 556
0th percentile in Alabama
Median Home Value
#220 of 517
57th percentile in Alabama
Poverty Rate
#471 of 556
15th percentile in Alabama
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#298 of 556
46th percentile in Alabama
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alabama only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
32nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pleasant Groves's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$156,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 71% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Pleasant Groves's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,018 of 15,516
More affordable than 68% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,402 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.7×, Pleasant Groves sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,018 of 15,516 and #4,402 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$57,850Pleasant Groves, AL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pleasant Groves, AL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Pleasant Groves, AL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
490
Median Income
$57,850
Median Home Value
$156,000
Median Age
42.8
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
54.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.6%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Pleasant Groves's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
425 residents
2021
427 residents
2022
428 residents
2023
431 residents
2024
435 residents
2025
435 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
29.9 minutes
Drive Alone
84.0%
Carpool
8.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
7.0%
Based on 213 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alabama statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $245
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alabama at $245 (electricity about $138 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alabama statewide averages, not a meter reading for Pleasant Groves. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alabama's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Pleasant Groves is $936/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alabama statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 61.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alabama statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Pleasant Groves sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pleasant Groves compares to similar-size Alabama cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.