Danville vs Pleasant Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Danville and Pleasant Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Danville and Pleasant Hill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Danville has the higher population (43,426 vs 34,335 in Pleasant Hill). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $144,513 in Pleasant Hill). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $1,040,600 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
Population	43,426	34,335
Median age	45.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$144,513
Median home value	$1,583,300	$1,040,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,511
Housing units	15,909	14,320
Homeownership rate	85.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

Pleasant Hill

Population

34,84034,335

Median household income

$118,947$144,513

Median home value

$716,300$1,040,600

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.0%
75 and over	8.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.7%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	6.8%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	54.9%	56.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.3%
Public transit	3.3%	5.6%
Walked	2.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	32.6%	22.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	76.8%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1979	1970