Pleasant Grove vs Spanish Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasant Grove and Spanish Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Pleasant Grove and Spanish Fork are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spanish Fork has the higher population (43,632 vs 37,544 in Pleasant Grove). Spanish Fork has the higher median household income ($98,497 vs $96,347 in Pleasant Grove). Pleasant Grove has the higher median home value ($454,300 vs $444,200 in Spanish Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
Population	37,544	43,632
Median age	28.2 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,347	$98,497
Median home value	$454,300	$444,200
Median gross rent	$1,588	$1,417
Housing units	12,072	12,200
Homeownership rate	66.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
Population	38,380 → 37,544 (-2.2%)	39,371 → 43,632 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$72,327 → $96,347 (+33.2%)	$78,490 → $98,497 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $454,300 (+53.0%)	$273,600 → $444,200 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,588 (+39.4%)	$1,128 → $1,417 (+25.6%)

Pleasant Grove

Population

38,38037,544

Median household income

$72,327$96,347

Median home value

$296,900$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,588

Spanish Fork

Population

39,37143,632

Median household income

$78,490$98,497

Median home value

$273,600$444,200

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
Under 5	8.6%	10.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	26.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	6.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
Drove alone	71.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
1-unit, detached	58.7%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Grove	Spanish Fork
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.5%
Average household size	3.23	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1999	2000