Pleasant Hills vs Swissvale

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

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

Swissvale has the higher population (8,499 vs 8,418 in Pleasant Hills). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($97,177 vs $60,114 in Swissvale). Pleasant Hills has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $141,300 in Swissvale).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
Population	8,418	8,499
Median age	45.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,177	$60,114
Median home value	$235,500	$141,300
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,097
Housing units	3,776	4,879
Homeownership rate	80.4%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
Population	8,113 → 8,418 (+3.8%)	8,760 → 8,499 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$76,480 → $97,177 (+27.1%)	$50,067 → $60,114 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $235,500 (+41.1%)	$109,900 → $141,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,224 (+23.0%)	$833 → $1,097 (+31.7%)

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

Swissvale

Population

8,7608,499

Median household income

$50,067$60,114

Median home value

$109,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
Under 5	4.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	19.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.3%
75 and over	10.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	58.4%
Black or African American	5.9%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	23.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
Drove alone	63.1%	49.9%
Carpooled	14.2%	7.7%
Public transit	2.4%	14.3%
Walked	0.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.4%	20.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
1-unit, detached	79.7%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	14.7%
20 or more units	11.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Hills	Swissvale
Poverty rate	3.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.39	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1957	1941