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Pleasant Hill is a tiny town of 970 people in Pike County, Illinois. It's about 65 miles from St. Louis, MO. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 12 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $78k and rent runs about $638 a month.
970people
$78kTypical home
$638/moRent
87° / 37°Summer / winter
12"Snow
238Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 970
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,268 people per sq mi
- 65 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 65 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 33 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $78k (≈$493/mo)
- Median rent $638/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- 12" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 15 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (67 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (419 per 100k)
People
- Median age 31
- 33% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to UIN airport
- 55 mi to STL (major hub)
- 53 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 479 ft
- 623 mi to the ocean
- 219 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 5 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 25 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 46 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 7% of Illinois districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 34 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Pike County: R+64 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk