Pleasant Hill, Iowa

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Pleasant Hill is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,070 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. The waterpark White Water University is located in Pleasant Hill, as is part of Festival Park. As of July, 2005, Pleasant Hill has been given a US Postal code, 50327.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Education
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Pleasant Hill incorporated as a city on May 12, 1956.^[1]

[edit] Geography

Pleasant Hill is located at 41°35′9″N, 93°30′47″W (41.585934, -93.513028)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20.6 km² (7.9 mi²). 20.3 km² (7.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.39%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 5,070 people, 1,900 households, and 1,451 families residing in the city. The population density was 249.7/km² (647.1/mi²). There were 1,966 housing units at an average density of 96.8/km² (250.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.03% White, 0.79% African American, 0.28% Native American, 1.74% Asian, 0.24% Pacific Islander, 1.12% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.43% of the population.

There were 1,900 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $60,694, and the median income for a family was $68,889. Males had a median income of $42,450 versus $29,697 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,316. About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

Most of Pleasant Hill is part of the Des Moines Public School District, while newer portions of the city are in the Southeast Polk Community School District. The Des Moines district's Pleasant Hill Elementary School is located inside the city, while Southeast Polk's Four Mile Elementary School and Southeast Polk Junior and Senior High Schools are within the city limits.

[edit] References

^ Henning, Barbara Beving Long, Patrice K. Beam (2003). Des Moines and Polk County: Flag on the Prairie. Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press. ISBN 1-892724-34-0.