It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pleasant Grove has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pleasant Grove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pleasant Grove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pleasant Grove may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Pleasant Grove doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Pleasant Grove are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.59% of adults in Pleasant Grove having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pleasant Grove in 2018 was $33,206, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,824 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pleasant Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pleasant Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Grove residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Grove include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Pleasant Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
