El Cerrito vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Pleasant Hill has the higher population (34,335 vs 25,781 in El Cerrito). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($144,513 vs $127,475 in El Cerrito). El Cerrito has the higher median home value ($1,107,500 vs $1,040,600 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
Population	25,781	34,335
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,475	$144,513
Median home value	$1,107,500	$1,040,600
Median gross rent	$2,444	$2,511
Housing units	11,177	14,320
Homeownership rate	57.3%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
Population	25,398 → 25,781 (+1.5%)	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$108,298 → $127,475 (+17.7%)	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$804,700 → $1,107,500 (+37.6%)	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,444 (+24.9%)	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)

El Cerrito

Population

25,39825,781

Median household income

$108,298$127,475

Median home value

$804,700$1,107,500

Median gross rent

$1,956$2,444

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)

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	56.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	29.2%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	11.3%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	41.0%	56.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.3%
Public transit	17.3%	5.6%
Walked	2.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	27.6%	22.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	66.8%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.5%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	El Cerrito	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1956	1970