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A town of 1,270, settled in 1866. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Trash day: FridayPleasant Hill’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools, cost of living, and civic life; its weakest is a C− for walkability. On civic life, just 34 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do better. Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 144 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Pleasant Hill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Pleasant Hill beats most towns.
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Pleasant Hill is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1910.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pleasant Hill, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Pleasant Hill.
Among working residents in Pleasant Hill, 3.9% work locally, below both the Ohio town median (6.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). This Ohio town had 165 jobs in 2023, up 132 from 2013. The share of residents in Pleasant Hill who live below the poverty line: 3.4%. The top destinations are Troy (15%), Dayton (6%) and Piqua (5%).
| Pleasant Hill | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
58% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 16%. Pleasant Hill’s FEMA hazard score stands at 24 of 100, against 23 of 100 in Ohio’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. Federal aid has come to Pleasant Hill households in 4 declared disasters; the latest was in 2019.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among adults in Pleasant Hill, 78% had a checkup this year. Of 32 CDC measures, Pleasant Hill beats the Ohio average on 2 and trails it on 1. A third of adults here have obesity; 26% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Pleasant Hill | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pleasant Hill | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.8% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.9% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 58.6% | 62.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For Pleasant Hill, the typical rent is $737 a month. Home values are up 5% over the year to September 2026. In Pleasant Hill, 75% of households own their home.
| Pleasant Hill | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $737 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasant Hill
About 3 of every 100 Pleasant Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Pleasant Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Ohio, United States
Pleasant Hill is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,241 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.