Castle Shannon vs Pleasant Hills

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

Castle Shannon 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 8,237 in Castle Shannon). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($97,177 vs $62,426 in Castle Shannon). Pleasant Hills has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $182,400 in Castle Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
Population	8,237	8,418
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,426	$97,177
Median home value	$182,400	$235,500
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,224
Housing units	4,044	3,776
Homeownership rate	60.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
Population	8,213 → 8,237 (+0.3%)	8,113 → 8,418 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$62,149 → $62,426 (+0.4%)	$76,480 → $97,177 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $182,400 (+45.3%)	$166,900 → $235,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,002 (+16.6%)	$995 → $1,224 (+23.0%)

Castle Shannon

Population

8,2138,237

Median household income

$62,149$62,426

Median home value

$125,500$182,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,002

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)

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
Under 5	3.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.5%
75 and over	9.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
Drove alone	64.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	14.2%
Public transit	13.9%	2.4%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
1-unit, detached	57.5%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	14.1%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Castle Shannon	Pleasant Hills
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1954	1957