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. Much of the housing stock in Pleasant Hill was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Pleasant Hill economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. 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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pleasant Hill is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. A relatively large number of people in Pleasant Hill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.30% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.74 minutes every day commuting to work. Pleasant Hill is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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.
