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Pleasant HillCA

Pleasant Hill, CA is a 35K-resident city in Contra Costa County with a median household income of $145,029.

Contra Costa County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Pleasant Hill, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Pleasant Hill has a population larger than 69% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $1,077,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

35K
Population (place)
Top 31%
By size
$145,029
Median income (place)
$1,077,100
Median home (place)
7.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill posts a median household income higher than 92% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 8%
by median income, US cities

Where Pleasant Hill income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$145,029 Top 8% higher than 92% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Pleasant Hill $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Pleasant Hill, CA beyond the headline numbers

Pleasant Hill sits inside Contra Costa County, California, at roughly 37.95°N, -122.06°W. Population 34,810, $145,029 median household income. Median home value $1,077,100, median rent $2,533. Poverty rate 7.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 7.3%, poverty in Pleasant Hill, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Pleasant Hill costs around 7.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

26.2% of Pleasant Hill workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 8.3% in Pleasant Hill, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4.7% of Pleasant Hill workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42 years, Pleasant Hill's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Pleasant Hill from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
34,810
Pleasant Hill · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$145,029
+62% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,077,100
+160% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Contra Costa County): Pleasant Hill's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M+9%
Median Income
$127,229+62%
Median Home Value
$866,800+115%
Poverty Rate
8.4%-20%
Unemployment
6.5%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Pleasant Hill, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,533/mo
Poverty Rate
7.3% -41% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 54.6%
Work From Home 26.2%
Public Transit 4.7%

Population

White 58.7%
African American 4.2%
Asian 16.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33%
High Blood Pressure
29.6%
Obesity
26.5%
Physical Inactivity
19.4%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.1%
Current Asthma
9.6%
Diabetes
9.4%
Current Smoking
8.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.3%
Annual Checkup 73%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.1%
Stroke
2.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Pleasant Hill?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Pleasant Hill right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Pleasant Hill: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

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  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Pleasant Hill, CA? ▼
Pleasant Hill, CA has a population of 34,810 people, located in Contra Costa County, California.
What is the median household income in Pleasant Hill? ▼
The median household income in Pleasant Hill, CA is $145,029 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.3%.
What is the median home value in Pleasant Hill? ▼
The median home value in Pleasant Hill, CA is $1,077,100. Median rent is $2,533/month.
What are the top health concerns in Pleasant Hill? ▼
The top health indicators in Pleasant Hill include Short Sleep Duration (33%), High Blood Pressure (29.6%), Obesity (26.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Pleasant Hill? ▼
The median age in Pleasant Hill, CA is 42 years. 54.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Pleasant Hill, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.3% here).

Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% Westminster, CO 7.3% Saint Charles, MO 7.3% Orland Park, IL 7.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($145,029 here).

Pearl River, NY $145,063 Westbury, NY $145,185 Castle Rock, CO $145,197 Leesburg, VA $145,205

Compare Pleasant Hill with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Walnut Creek, CA 69K Concord, CA 129K Lafayette, CA 26K Alamo, CA 15K Martinez, CA 38K Clayton, CA 12K Bay Point, CA 22K Moraga, CA 17K
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Using Pleasant Hill's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Pleasant Hill area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Contra Costa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.