Pleasant Hills is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 8,397 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Pleasant Hills is the 188th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Pleasant Hills is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Hills is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Hills who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.16%), sales jobs (11.53%), and management occupations (9.76%).

Also of interest is that Pleasant Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Pleasant Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Pleasant Hills is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Pleasant Hills's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

As is often the case in a small borough, Pleasant Hills doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Pleasant Hills Information and Demographics

The citizens of Pleasant Hills are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.79% of adults in Pleasant Hills have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pleasant Hills in 2000 was $25,083, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,332 for a family of four.

The people who call Pleasant Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pleasant Hills is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Hills include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, English, Slovak, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Pleasant Hills is English.