Pleasant Hill is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 8,679 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pleasant Hill is the 90th largest community in Missouri. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Pleasant Hill, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Pleasant Hill, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Pleasant Hill’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Pleasant Hill does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $94,840.00. Pleasant Hill real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Pleasant Hill house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities, Pleasant Hill isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pleasant Hill are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Hill is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Hill who work in teaching (10.27%), sales jobs (9.30%), and office and administrative support (8.94%). Also of interest is that Pleasant Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Pleasant Hill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Pleasant Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Pleasant Hill is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.71% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pleasant Hill in 2022 was $38,817, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,268 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pleasant Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Hill include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Pleasant Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
