Boulder Creek vs Pleasure Point

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

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

Pleasure Point has the higher population (5,813 vs 5,353 in Boulder Creek). Pleasure Point has the higher median household income ($117,776 vs $106,842 in Boulder Creek). Pleasure Point has the higher median home value ($1,230,200 vs $785,200 in Boulder Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
Population	5,353	5,813
Median age	46.4 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,842	$117,776
Median home value	$785,200	$1,230,200
Median gross rent	$1,844	$2,595
Housing units	2,412	3,078
Homeownership rate	77.5%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
Population	5,182 → 5,353 (+3.3%)	6,076 → 5,813 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$97,433 → $106,842 (+9.7%)	$81,853 → $117,776 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$578,000 → $785,200 (+35.8%)	$913,900 → $1,230,200 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,844 (+32.8%)	$1,458 → $2,595 (+78.0%)

Boulder Creek

Population

5,1825,353

Median household income

$97,433$106,842

Median home value

$578,000$785,200

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,844

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)

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
Under 5	1.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	18.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	13.7%
75 and over	6.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.6%
High school graduate	17.6%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
Drove alone	76.7%	67.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	2.7%	2.2%
Worked from home	17.2%	23.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
1-unit, detached	91.0%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Boulder Creek	Pleasure Point
Poverty rate	5.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	38	24
Median year structure built	1956	1967