Aptos vs Pleasure Point

A side-by-side comparison of Aptos and Pleasure Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Aptos and Pleasure Point are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aptos has the higher population (6,124 vs 5,813 in Pleasure Point). Aptos has the higher median household income ($135,349 vs $117,776 in Pleasure Point). Pleasure Point has the higher median home value ($1,230,200 vs $1,098,200 in Aptos).

Population, income & housing

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
Population	6,124	5,813
Median age	49.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$135,349	$117,776
Median home value	$1,098,200	$1,230,200
Median gross rent	$1,826	$2,595
Housing units	2,734	3,078
Homeownership rate	70.0%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
Population	6,387 → 6,124 (-4.1%)	6,076 → 5,813 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$112,308 → $135,349 (+20.5%)	$81,853 → $117,776 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$828,400 → $1,098,200 (+32.6%)	$913,900 → $1,230,200 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,884 → $1,826 (-3.1%)	$1,458 → $2,595 (+78.0%)

Aptos

Population

6,3876,124

Median household income

$112,308$135,349

Median home value

$828,400$1,098,200

Median gross rent

$1,884$1,826

Pleasure Point

Population

6,0765,813

Median household income

$81,853$117,776

Median home value

$913,900$1,230,200

Median gross rent

$1,458$2,595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
Under 5	3.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	18.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.7%
75 and over	10.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	12.3%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
Drove alone	66.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	3.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.2%
Worked from home	18.9%	23.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
1-unit, detached	72.8%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Aptos	Pleasure Point
Poverty rate	4.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1977	1967