| Pleasant Hill, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Pleasant Hill |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Subdivision Name3: | North Lebanon West Lebanon North Cornwall |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.90 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.89 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2926 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1551.29 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 558 |
| Coordinates: | 40.3361°N -76.4442°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17042[3] |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-61312 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1184020 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.73 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.73 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 4019.23 |
Pleasant Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,643 at the 2010 census,[4] up from 2,301 at the 2000 census.
Pleasant Hill is located in central Lebanon County at 40.3361°N -76.4442°W (40.336082, -76.444248).[5] It is bordered to the east and southeast by the city of Lebanon, the county seat, and to the west by the borough of Cleona. Pleasant Hill is in parts of three townships: the western end is in North Lebanon Township, the northeast part is in West Lebanon Township, and the majority of the community is in North Cornwall Township.
U.S. Route 422 (West Cumberland Avenue) is the main road through Pleasant Hill; it leads east through Lebanon to Reading and west-southwest to Hershey. Harrisburg, the state capital, is west of Pleasant Hill.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.9km2, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.85%, are water.[6] Quittapahilla Creek flows through the center of the community, leading west to Swatara Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 2,643 people living in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 68.8% White, 5.0% Black, 0.3% Native American, 2.9% Asian, 0.2% from some other race and 1.3% from two or more races. 21.6% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.