Abingdon vs Pleasant Hills

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

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

Abingdon has the higher population (5,727 vs 3,955 in Pleasant Hills). Abingdon has the higher median household income ($147,652 vs $143,068 in Pleasant Hills). Pleasant Hills has the higher median home value ($480,800 vs $358,700 in Abingdon).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
Population	5,727	3,955
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$147,652	$143,068
Median home value	$358,700	$480,800
Median gross rent	$1,940	$2,635
Housing units	1,863	1,549
Homeownership rate	93.4%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
Population	5,324 → 5,727 (+7.6%)	3,821 → 3,955 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$128,478 → $147,652 (+14.9%)	$109,318 → $143,068 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$310,700 → $358,700 (+15.4%)	$393,700 → $480,800 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,774 → $1,940 (+9.4%)	$2,273 → $2,635 (+15.9%)

Abingdon

Population

5,3245,727

Median household income

$128,478$147,652

Median home value

$310,700$358,700

Median gross rent

$1,774$1,940

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)

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
Under 5	12.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.2%
75 and over	2.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	40.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	22.2%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
Drove alone	81.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.5%
Public transit	2.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	19.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
1-unit, detached	63.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Pleasant Hills
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.1%
Average household size	3.11	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1998	1988