About Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove is a medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 23,541 people and just one neighborhood, Pleasant Grove is the 22nd largest community in Utah.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pleasant Grove is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Grove is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.28%), sales jobs (11.79%), and management occupations (8.27%).

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

Pleasant Grove 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 city'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 Grove's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Pleasant Grove Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Pleasant Grove is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.05% of adults in Pleasant Grove have a college degree.

The per capita income in Pleasant Grove in 2000 was $15,268, which is middle income relative to Utah, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $61,072 for a family of four.

The people who call Pleasant Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pleasant Grove is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Grove include English, German, Danish, European, Swedish, Irish, Scottish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Pleasant Grove is English. Some people also speak Spanish.