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Pleasant Garden, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Pleasant Garden is a Census town of 5,060 people across 15.04 square miles of land, in Guilford County. Median household income is $88,204, 82.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $667,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Pleasant Garden
What Pleasant Garden is
- Census place typetown
- Land area15.04 sq mi
- Water area0.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land337
- County holding the largest share of its areaGuilford County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Pleasant Garden
- Population5,060
- Median age38.8
- Population under 181,263 plus or minus 467
- Share under 1825.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Population 65 and over1,021 plus or minus 224
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,909
- Family households1,498
- Share of households that are families78.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Pleasant Garden
- Median household income$88,204
- Per capita income$34,715
- Civilian labor force2,518
- Employed2,470
- Unemployed48 plus or minus 50
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over3,457
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.1 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Pleasant Garden
- Housing units1,994
- Occupied units1,909
- Vacant units85 plus or minus 84
- Vacancy rate4.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied1,582
- Renter occupied327 plus or minus 196
- Ownership rate82.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$223,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,416 plus or minus $431
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Single family units1,663
- Share single family83.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes331 plus or minus 179
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Pleasant Garden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,027
- Commuting under 15 minutes236 plus or minus 118
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more569 plus or minus 308
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.1 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone78.1 percent
- Carpooled2.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home17.2 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Pleasant Garden (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$667,000
- Average approval$222,333
- Median approval$150,000
- Largest approval$367,000
- Jobs supported23
- Jobs per approval7.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pleasant Garden, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Pleasant Garden
- NFIP communityTown of Pleasant Garden
- NFIP community number370618
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date06/10/26
The Town of Pleasant Garden participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 370618 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Guilford County, not Pleasant Garden
Guilford County context, not Pleasant Garden figures
- Establishments in Guilford County14,306
- Covered employment, Guilford County287,996
- Average annual pay, Guilford County$61,546
- Housing units permitted, Guilford County3,843
Every figure in this section is published for Guilford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pleasant Garden.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Pleasant Garden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina?
5,060, in 1,909 households. Pleasant Garden town covers 15.04 square miles of land, which is 337 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pleasant Garden in?
Guilford County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Pleasant Garden?
$88,204. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $223,500. Median gross rent is $1,416 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pleasant Garden businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totaling $667,000 since FY2020, across 3 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pleasant Garden, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pleasant Garden borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Pleasant Garden. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Pleasant Garden in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Pleasant Garden appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Pleasant Garden, town of, community 370618, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Pleasant Garden figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Guilford County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Pleasant Garden.
Is zoning published for Pleasant Garden?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.