Martinez vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Martinez has the higher population (36,926 vs 34,335 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($144,513 vs $125,436 in Martinez). Pleasant Hill has the higher median home value ($1,040,600 vs $824,700 in Martinez).

Population, income & housing

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
Population	36,926	34,335
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,436	$144,513
Median home value	$824,700	$1,040,600
Median gross rent	$2,265	$2,511
Housing units	15,057	14,320
Homeownership rate	70.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
Population	38,290 → 36,926 (-3.6%)	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$107,328 → $125,436 (+16.9%)	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$596,400 → $824,700 (+38.3%)	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,728 → $2,265 (+31.1%)	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)

Martinez

Population

38,29036,926

Median household income

$107,328$125,436

Median home value

$596,400$824,700

Median gross rent

$1,728$2,265

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)

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	7.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	56.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	65.1%	56.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.3%
Public transit	3.4%	5.6%
Walked	2.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.5%	22.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	63.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Martinez	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1976	1970