Pleasant Grove vs Shaft

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasant Grove and Shaft: population, income, housing, and more.

Pleasant Grove and Shaft are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shaft has the higher population (298 vs 254 in Pleasant Grove). Since 2019, Shaft's population has grown faster (-15.1% vs -46.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
Population	254	298
Median age	63.2 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,129	—
Median home value	$152,500	—
Median gross rent	$559	—
Housing units	187	141
Homeownership rate	78.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
Population	476 → 254 (-46.6%)	351 → 298 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$43,696 → $56,129 (+28.5%)	$107,500 → $139,811 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $152,500 (+71.0%)	$131,700 → $132,600 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $559 (-22.6%)	—

Pleasant Grove

Population

476254

Median household income

$43,696$56,129

Median home value

$89,200$152,500

Median gross rent

$722$559

Shaft

Population

351298

Median household income

$107,500$139,811

Median home value

$131,700$132,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.5%	34.9%
35 to 44	2.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	38.6%	28.9%
65 to 74	24.4%	9.1%
75 and over	14.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
No high school diploma	8.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
1-unit, detached	85.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Grove	Shaft
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.4%
Average household size	1.53	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1965	1938