Hercules vs Pleasant Hill

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

Hercules 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 26,245 in Hercules). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($144,513 vs $130,583 in Hercules). Pleasant Hill has the higher median home value ($1,040,600 vs $741,200 in Hercules).

Population, income & housing

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
Population	26,245	34,335
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$130,583	$144,513
Median home value	$741,200	$1,040,600
Median gross rent	$3,003	$2,511
Housing units	9,615	14,320
Homeownership rate	81.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
Population	25,616 → 26,245 (+2.5%)	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$117,018 → $130,583 (+11.6%)	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$561,600 → $741,200 (+32.0%)	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,201 → $3,003 (+36.4%)	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)

Hercules

Population

25,61626,245

Median household income

$117,018$130,583

Median home value

$561,600$741,200

Median gross rent

$2,201$3,003

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)

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.0%
75 and over	6.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	15.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	18.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	43.6%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.7%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	62.9%	56.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.3%
Public transit	9.1%	5.6%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.1%	22.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	59.3%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	19.3%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	6.5%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hercules	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1988	1970