Oakley vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Oakley has the higher population (44,311 vs 34,335 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($144,513 vs $132,067 in Oakley). Pleasant Hill has the higher median home value ($1,040,600 vs $632,800 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
Population	44,311	34,335
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$132,067	$144,513
Median home value	$632,800	$1,040,600
Median gross rent	$2,031	$2,511
Housing units	13,667	14,320
Homeownership rate	77.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
Population	41,324 → 44,311 (+7.2%)	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$104,893 → $132,067 (+25.9%)	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $632,800 (+43.2%)	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $2,031 (+20.3%)	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)

Oakley

Population

41,32444,311

Median household income

$104,893$132,067

Median home value

$441,900$632,800

Median gross rent

$1,688$2,031

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)

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	7.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.0%
75 and over	3.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	8.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	73.4%	56.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.3%
Public transit	2.2%	5.6%
Walked	0.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.6%	22.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	90.6%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Oakley	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.1%
Average household size	3.28	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	1995	1970