Pleasant Hill is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 33,802 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Pleasant Hill is the 233rd largest community in California.
Pleasant Hill home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Pleasant Hill real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Pleasant Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Pleasant Hill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
For the size of the city, public transportation in Pleasant Hill is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Pleasant Hill, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Pleasant Hill. 55.50% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Pleasant Hill in 2022 was $68,493, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $273,972 for a family of four.
Pleasant Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pleasant Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pleasant Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.20% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Hill include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
Pleasant Hill also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.54%.
The most common language spoken in Pleasant Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.