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Pleasant Hills is a small town of 3,836 people in Harford County, Maryland. It's about 17 miles from Baltimore, MD. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 24 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $533k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,836people
$533kTypical home
$1,731/moRent
86° / 40°Summer / winter
24"Snow
233Sunny days
138Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,836
- Part of a metro area
- About 880 people per sq mi
- 17 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 17 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $533k (≈$3,360/mo)
- Median rent $1,731/mo
- Median household income $166k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 138 days a year with rain or snow
- 24" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (167 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (761 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 30% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 58% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 42 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to BWI airport
- 26 mi to BWI (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 98% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 381 ft
- 6 mi to the ocean
- 202 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 51 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,071 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 190 bars within 25 mi
- 320 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 27 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 76 museums within 25 mi
- 26 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of Maryland districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Harford County: R+14 in 2024
- Maryland: D+29 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.