Pleasant Grove vs Zihlman

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

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

Zihlman has the higher population (305 vs 254 in Pleasant Grove). Pleasant Grove has the higher median household income ($56,129 vs $50,595 in Zihlman). Pleasant Grove has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $100,800 in Zihlman).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
Population	254	305
Median age	63.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,129	$50,595
Median home value	$152,500	$100,800
Median gross rent	$559	—
Housing units	187	194
Homeownership rate	78.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
Population	476 → 254 (-46.6%)	369 → 305 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$43,696 → $56,129 (+28.5%)	$43,625 → $50,595 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $152,500 (+71.0%)	$89,400 → $100,800 (+12.8%)
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

Zihlman

Population

369305

Median household income

$43,625$50,595

Median home value

$89,400$100,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	1.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	20.5%	18.4%
35 to 44	2.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	38.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	24.4%	24.6%
75 and over	14.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
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	Zihlman
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
Drove alone	100.0%	48.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
1-unit, detached	85.0%	96.9%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Grove	Zihlman
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.9%
Average household size	1.53	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1965	1938