Jonestown vs Pleasant Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Jonestown and Pleasant Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Hill has the higher population (3,072 vs 2,004 in Jonestown). Jonestown has the higher median household income ($90,375 vs $59,427 in Pleasant Hill). Jonestown has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $169,800 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
Population	2,004	3,072
Median age	32.9 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,375	$59,427
Median home value	$236,400	$169,800
Median gross rent	$920	$1,107
Housing units	744	1,145
Homeownership rate	76.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,884 → 2,004 (+6.4%)	2,809 → 3,072 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $90,375 (+31.8%)	$53,571 → $59,427 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $236,400 (+21.0%)	$114,000 → $169,800 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $920 (+9.9%)	$1,000 → $1,107 (+10.7%)

Jonestown

Population

1,8842,004

Median household income

$68,571$90,375

Median home value

$195,400$236,400

Median gross rent

$837$920

Pleasant Hill

Population

2,8093,072

Median household income

$53,571$59,427

Median home value

$114,000$169,800

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	18.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	3.7%	2.6%
75 and over	3.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	45.5%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	79.1%	86.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	69.0%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	58.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	6.7%	19.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1992	1987