Cost of living in Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville, Iowa has about 1,899 people. Typical rent is $866 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $67,614 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $866 a month.
Pleasantville is a city in Iowa. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $67,614 a year.
- People
- 1,899
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $866
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $67,614
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $168,300
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,021
- Marion County, IA
Pleasantville, Iowa has about 1,899 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $168,300.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Marion County is $1,021 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Pleasantville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Iowa's prices sit at 87.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Iowa taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.9% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Pleasantville's exact store tax.
Some places in Iowa add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.08% of income. That is not a Pleasantville bill.
In July 2026, a typical Iowa home paid 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Pleasantville's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Iowa in the table we use.
Among 264 places we list in Iowa with a rent figure, 125 have higher typical rent than Pleasantville.
Nearby places
- Knoxville
Typical rent $801
Compare with Pleasantville - Melcher-Dallas
Typical rent $789
Compare with Pleasantville - Monroe
Typical rent $817
Compare with Pleasantville - Prairie City
Typical rent $800
Compare with Pleasantville - Carlisle
Typical rent $1,000
Compare with Pleasantville - Indianola
Typical rent $986
Compare with Pleasantville - Pella
Typical rent $1,046
Compare with Pleasantville - Pleasant Hill
Typical rent $1,215
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Iowa
Bigger places in Iowa
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.