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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 22.79% 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.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Pleasant Hill use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Pleasant Hill‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Pleasant Hill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Pleasant Hill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.50% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 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.