Glenshaw vs Pleasant Hills

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

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

Glenshaw has the higher population (9,194 vs 8,418 in Pleasant Hills). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($97,177 vs $91,219 in Glenshaw). Glenshaw has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $235,500 in Pleasant Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
Population	9,194	8,418
Median age	44.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,219	$97,177
Median home value	$241,300	$235,500
Median gross rent	$948	$1,224
Housing units	3,797	3,776
Homeownership rate	93.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
Population	8,669 → 9,194 (+6.1%)	8,113 → 8,418 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$80,910 → $91,219 (+12.7%)	$76,480 → $97,177 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$182,700 → $241,300 (+32.1%)	$166,900 → $235,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $948 (-5.8%)	$995 → $1,224 (+23.0%)

Glenshaw

Population

8,6699,194

Median household income

$80,910$91,219

Median home value

$182,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,006$948

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)

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.5%
75 and over	10.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
Drove alone	74.8%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	14.2%
Public transit	1.1%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
1-unit, detached	95.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenshaw	Pleasant Hills
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1959	1957