Pleasant Hill is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 33,913 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Pleasant Hill is the 233rd largest community in California.

Housing costs in Pleasant Hill are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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: 18.63% 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.

One downside of living in Pleasant Hill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.28 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Pleasant Hill is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Pleasant Hill, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

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 55.97% 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 $64,672, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $258,688 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 13.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Hill include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.

In addition, Pleasant Hill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.25%).

The most common language spoken in Pleasant Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.