Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Pioneer Hall and Ravenscroft Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places. Pleasant Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Pleasant Hill beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 227 in 1910, a low of 148 in 1920, 540 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1889 and 3 maps from 1912 on.
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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Pleasant Hill.
Its public schools are run by the Cumberland County school district. Enrollment at Pleasant Hill’s public school: 588 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 588 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts
The seasons in Pleasant Hill: chilly winters, pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 27° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
30% of Pleasant Hill’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 24%. On expected storm and flood damage, Pleasant Hill sits below 66% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Pleasant Hill after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2015.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For residents in Pleasant Hill, the share who live below the poverty line is 15%. Most people who work leave Pleasant Hill to do it: just 4% work in town. The income of the median household for Pleasant Hill comes to $51,000, below both Tennessee’s towns ($61,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The top destinations are Crossville (32%), Cookeville (10%) and Nashville (7%).
| Pleasant Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 12% | 8% |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 14% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults 18 to 64 in Pleasant Hill, 14% have no health insurance. Of the 177 Tennessee towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Pleasant Hill. What’s more, 24% of Pleasant Hill adults have diabetes, above both the Tennessee town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%). Against the Tennessee average, Pleasant Hill comes out ahead on 8 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 12.
| Pleasant Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Pleasant Hill | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 7.6% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 13.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 17.9% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Pleasant Hill, 76% of households live in a home they own.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Pleasant Hill; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Pleasant Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Town in Tennessee, United States
Pleasant Hill is a town in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pleasant Hill had a population of 540.
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Pleasant Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
