Carnegie vs Pleasant Hills

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

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

Pleasant Hills has the higher population (8,418 vs 8,015 in Carnegie). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($97,177 vs $62,327 in Carnegie). Pleasant Hills has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $168,800 in Carnegie).

Population, income & housing

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
Population	8,015	8,418
Median age	41.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,327	$97,177
Median home value	$168,800	$235,500
Median gross rent	$880	$1,224
Housing units	4,691	3,776
Homeownership rate	53.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
Population	7,883 → 8,015 (+1.7%)	8,113 → 8,418 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,612 → $62,327 (+18.5%)	$76,480 → $97,177 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)	$166,900 → $235,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $880 (+16.1%)	$995 → $1,224 (+23.0%)

Carnegie

Population

7,8838,015

Median household income

$52,612$62,327

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$758$880

Pleasant Hills

Population

8,1138,418

Median household income

$76,480$97,177

Median home value

$166,900$235,500

Median gross rent

$995$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
Under 5	7.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.5%
75 and over	8.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
Drove alone	61.6%	63.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	14.2%
Public transit	6.3%	2.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	19.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
1-unit, detached	52.4%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	15.5%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnegie	Pleasant Hills
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1952	1957