Pleasant Garden vs Whitsett

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasant Garden and Whitsett: population, income, housing, and more.

Pleasant Garden and Whitsett are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Garden has the higher population (4,989 vs 592 in Whitsett). Pleasant Garden has the higher median household income ($88,482 vs $66,625 in Whitsett). Pleasant Garden has the higher median home value ($212,700 vs $201,800 in Whitsett).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
Population	4,989	592
Median age	38.6 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,482	$66,625
Median home value	$212,700	$201,800
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,577
Housing units	2,244	436
Homeownership rate	79.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
Population	4,837 → 4,989 (+3.1%)	732 → 592 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$65,614 → $88,482 (+34.9%)	$58,750 → $66,625 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $212,700 (+23.9%)	$183,900 → $201,800 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,114 (+38.2%)	$783 → $1,577 (+101.4%)

Pleasant Garden

Population

4,8374,989

Median household income

$65,614$88,482

Median home value

$171,700$212,700

Median gross rent

$806$1,114

Whitsett

Population

732592

Median household income

$58,750$66,625

Median home value

$183,900$201,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
Under 5	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	17.2%
75 and over	7.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	14.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
No high school diploma	4.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	26.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
Drove alone	81.0%	93.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	3.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
1-unit, detached	85.5%	96.8%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Garden	Whitsett
Poverty rate	9.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1979	1986