Moravian Falls vs Pleasant Hill

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

Moravian Falls 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.

Moravian Falls has the higher population (1,015 vs 849 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $57,262 in Moravian Falls). Moravian Falls has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $147,500 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,015	849
Median age	53.1 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,262	$67,768
Median home value	$189,500	$147,500
Median gross rent	$797	—
Housing units	613	463
Homeownership rate	69.7%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,802 → 1,015 (-43.7%)	769 → 849 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$46,782 → $57,262 (+22.4%)	$50,709 → $67,768 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$166,400 → $189,500 (+13.9%)	$125,200 → $147,500 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $797 (+1.7%)	—

Moravian Falls

Population

1,8021,015

Median household income

$46,782$57,262

Median home value

$166,400$189,500

Median gross rent

$784$797

Pleasant Hill

Population

769849

Median household income

$50,709$67,768

Median home value

$125,200$147,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	3.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	4.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	17.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	35.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.3%
75 and over	8.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	8.1%	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	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	27.1%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	74.1%	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	16.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	81.7%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Moravian Falls	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	7.8%	8.5%
Average household size	1.94	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1972	1954