Pleasant Hills vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (6,149 vs 3,955 in Pleasant Hills). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($143,068 vs $102,262 in Riverside). Pleasant Hills has the higher median home value ($480,800 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
Population	3,955	6,149
Median age	46.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,068	$102,262
Median home value	$480,800	$237,300
Median gross rent	$2,635	$1,805
Housing units	1,549	2,606
Homeownership rate	95.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
Population	3,821 → 3,955 (+3.5%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$109,318 → $143,068 (+30.9%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$393,700 → $480,800 (+22.1%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,273 → $2,635 (+15.9%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

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

Riverside

Population

6,0386,149

Median household income

$76,379$102,262

Median home value

$183,400$237,300

Median gross rent

$1,412$1,805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
Under 5	3.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	4.4%	20.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.7%
75 and over	10.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	64.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	14.4%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
Drove alone	74.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
1-unit, detached	85.5%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Hills	Riverside
Poverty rate	2.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1988	1991