Aberdeen Proving Ground vs Pleasant Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen Proving Ground and Pleasant Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Hills has the higher population (3,955 vs 2,343 in Aberdeen Proving Ground). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($143,068 vs $123,125 in Aberdeen Proving Ground). Since 2019, Pleasant Hills's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -18.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
Population	2,343	3,955
Median age	32.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$123,125	$143,068
Median home value	—	$480,800
Median gross rent	$1,960	$2,635
Housing units	981	1,549
Homeownership rate	1.1%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
Population	2,872 → 2,343 (-18.4%)	3,821 → 3,955 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$94,643 → $123,125 (+30.1%)	$109,318 → $143,068 (+30.9%)
Median home value	—	$393,700 → $480,800 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,856 → $1,960 (+5.6%)	$2,273 → $2,635 (+15.9%)

Aberdeen Proving Ground

Population

2,8722,343

Median household income

$94,643$123,125

Median gross rent

$1,856$1,960

Pleasant Hills

Population

3,8213,955

Median household income

$109,318$143,068

Median home value

$393,700$480,800

Median gross rent

$2,273$2,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
Under 5	8.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	26.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	3.2%	14.2%
75 and over	1.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	38.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
Drove alone	71.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
1-unit, detached	8.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	50.1%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen Proving Ground	Pleasant Hills
Poverty rate	0.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	17	37
Median year structure built	1983	1988