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. Pleasant Hill has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Pleasant Hill, where 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Pleasant Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pleasant Hill, the average commute to work is 32.74 minutes, which is quite a bit 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.The percentage of people in Pleasant Hill who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.71% of adults in Pleasant Hill 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.
