Myerstown vs Pleasant Hill

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

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

Myerstown has the higher population (3,104 vs 3,072 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($59,427 vs $53,218 in Myerstown). Myerstown has the higher median home value ($180,900 vs $169,800 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
Population	3,104	3,072
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,218	$59,427
Median home value	$180,900	$169,800
Median gross rent	$1,128	$1,107
Housing units	1,398	1,145
Homeownership rate	55.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
Population	3,201 → 3,104 (-3.0%)	2,809 → 3,072 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $53,218 (+7.8%)	$53,571 → $59,427 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $180,900 (+29.1%)	$114,000 → $169,800 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,128 (+51.6%)	$1,000 → $1,107 (+10.7%)

Myerstown

Population

3,2013,104

Median household income

$49,364$53,218

Median home value

$140,100$180,900

Median gross rent

$744$1,128

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)

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	5.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	2.6%
75 and over	13.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	53.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	56.5%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	78.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	44.3%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	58.9%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Myerstown	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	7.9%	19.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1945	1987