Hays vs Pleasant Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Hays and Pleasant Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hays has the higher population (1,355 vs 849 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $54,063 in Hays). Hays has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $147,500 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,355	849
Median age	41.7 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$67,768
Median home value	$158,900	$147,500
Housing units	745	463
Homeownership rate	91.2%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,277 → 1,355 (+6.1%)	769 → 849 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$27,031 → $54,063 (+100.0%)	$50,709 → $67,768 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $158,900 (+63.1%)	$125,200 → $147,500 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $744 (+20.4%)	—

Hays

Population

1,2771,355

Median household income

$27,031$54,063

Median home value

$97,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$618$744

Pleasant Hill

Population

769849

Median household income

$50,709$67,768

Median home value

$125,200$147,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	12.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	5.7%	3.3%
18 to 24	16.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.5%	35.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	14.3%
75 and over	7.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	87.3%	40.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	53.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	73.4%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Hays	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.29	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1991	1954