Pleasant Grove is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 9,390 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pleasant Grove is the 73rd largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pleasant Grove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Grove is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Grove who work in office and administrative support (21.57%), sales jobs (9.02%), and healthcare (8.69%). Also of interest is that Pleasant Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Pleasant Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Pleasant Grove citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.29% of adults in Pleasant Grove have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pleasant Grove in 2022 was $30,927, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,708 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pleasant Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pleasant Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Grove residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Grove include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Pleasant Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
