Lafayette vs Pleasant Hill

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

Lafayette 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 25,277 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($222,393 vs $144,513 in Pleasant Hill). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,040,600 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
Population	25,277	34,335
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$222,393	$144,513
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,040,600
Median gross rent	$2,855	$2,511
Housing units	9,715	14,320
Homeownership rate	77.3%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.0%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
Population	26,305 → 25,277 (-3.9%)	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$178,889 → $222,393 (+24.3%)	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$1,428,900 → $2,000,001 (+40.0%)	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,222 → $2,855 (+28.5%)	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)

Lafayette

Population

26,30525,277

Median household income

$178,889$222,393

Median home value

$1,428,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,222$2,855

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)

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.0%
75 and over	9.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	5.2%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.0%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	42.8%	56.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	11.3%
Public transit	10.4%	5.6%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	40.6%	22.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	75.7%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.6%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1960	1970