Pleasant Hill vs Sand Hill

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

Pleasant Hill and Sand 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 2,288 in Sand Hill). Sand Hill has the higher median household income ($86,696 vs $59,427 in Pleasant Hill). Sand Hill has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $169,800 in Pleasant Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
Population	3,072	2,288
Median age	34.8 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,427	$86,696
Median home value	$169,800	$204,300
Median gross rent	$1,107	$1,546
Housing units	1,145	1,115
Homeownership rate	60.9%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
Population	2,809 → 3,072 (+9.4%)	2,627 → 2,288 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$53,571 → $59,427 (+10.9%)	$52,647 → $86,696 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $169,800 (+48.9%)	$147,800 → $204,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,107 (+10.7%)	$984 → $1,546 (+57.1%)

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

Sand Hill

Population

2,6272,288

Median household income

$52,647$86,696

Median home value

$147,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$984$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
Under 5	6.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	6.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	23.1%
65 to 74	2.6%	24.1%
75 and over	3.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	11.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
No high school diploma	12.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
Drove alone	86.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
1-unit, detached	22.3%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	58.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Hill	Sand Hill
Poverty rate	19.0%	0.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1987	1973