Harding-Birch Lakes vs Pleasant Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Harding-Birch Lakes and Pleasant Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Harding-Birch Lakes and Pleasant Valley are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Valley has the higher population (507 vs 206 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($211,071 vs $68,958 in Harding-Birch Lakes). Since 2019, Harding-Birch Lakes's population has grown faster (+33.8% vs -17.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
Population	206	507
Median age	59.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$211,071
Median home value	$196,900	—
Housing units	476	219
Homeownership rate	89.9%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
Population	154 → 206 (+33.8%)	614 → 507 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$62,625 → $68,958 (+10.1%)	$90,384 → $211,071 (+133.5%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $196,900 (+17.8%)	$114,600 → $138,100 (+20.5%)

Harding-Birch Lakes

Population

154206

Median household income

$62,625$68,958

Median home value

$167,100$196,900

Pleasant Valley

Population

614507

Median household income

$90,384$211,071

Median home value

$114,600$138,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	30.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	33.0%	34.3%
55 to 64	43.2%	6.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	100.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	33.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harding-Birch Lakes	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	26.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	44
Median year structure built	1985	1991