Pleasant Gap vs Zion

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasant Gap and Zion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Gap has the higher population (3,154 vs 2,173 in Zion). Zion has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $75,625 in Pleasant Gap). Zion has the higher median home value ($337,100 vs $237,200 in Pleasant Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
Population	3,154	2,173
Median age	42.2 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$100,000
Median home value	$237,200	$337,100
Median gross rent	$1,326	$1,146
Housing units	1,279	978
Homeownership rate	71.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
Population	3,310 → 3,154 (-4.7%)	2,258 → 2,173 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$64,047 → $75,625 (+18.1%)	$95,087 → $100,000 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $237,200 (+39.0%)	$253,700 → $337,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,326 (+49.7%)	—

Pleasant Gap

Population

3,3103,154

Median household income

$64,047$75,625

Median home value

$170,600$237,200

Median gross rent

$886$1,326

Zion

Population

2,2582,173

Median household income

$95,087$100,000

Median home value

$253,700$337,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
Under 5	8.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.9%	0.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	21.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	23.1%
75 and over	3.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	38.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
Drove alone	89.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
1-unit, detached	75.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Gap	Zion
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1974	2004