Pleasant Hill vs San Pablo

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

Pleasant Hill and San Pablo 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 31,771 in San Pablo). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($144,513 vs $78,215 in San Pablo). Pleasant Hill has the higher median home value ($1,040,600 vs $516,000 in San Pablo).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
Population	34,335	31,771
Median age	42.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$144,513	$78,215
Median home value	$1,040,600	$516,000
Median gross rent	$2,511	$1,890
Housing units	14,320	10,194
Homeownership rate	63.9%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
Population	34,840 → 34,335 (-1.4%)	30,967 → 31,771 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$118,947 → $144,513 (+21.5%)	$53,198 → $78,215 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$716,300 → $1,040,600 (+45.3%)	$355,000 → $516,000 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,014 → $2,511 (+24.7%)	$1,416 → $1,890 (+33.5%)

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

San Pablo

Population

30,96731,771

Median household income

$53,198$78,215

Median home value

$355,000$516,000

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.8%
75 and over	7.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	8.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	17.0%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.9%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	60.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
No high school diploma	4.2%	25.8%
High school graduate	13.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
Drove alone	56.1%	68.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	13.1%
Public transit	5.6%	6.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.8%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
1-unit, detached	60.8%	43.3%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	16.1%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Hill	San Pablo
Poverty rate	6.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.49	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1970	1969