Pleasant Garden is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,057 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pleasant Garden is the 157th largest community in North Carolina.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.73% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Being a small town, Pleasant Garden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Pleasant Garden citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.81% of adults in Pleasant Garden have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pleasant Garden in 2022 was $37,040, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,160 for a family of four.

Pleasant Garden is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pleasant Garden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Garden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Garden include German, Irish, English, European, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Pleasant Garden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.