Moose Creek vs Pleasant Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Moose Creek and Pleasant Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Moose Creek 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 332 in Moose Creek). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($211,071 vs $86,607 in Moose Creek). Since 2019, Pleasant Valley's population has grown faster (-17.4% vs -58.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
Population	332	507
Median age	31.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,607	$211,071
Median home value	$233,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,368	—
Housing units	269	219
Homeownership rate	55.2%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
Population	795 → 332 (-58.2%)	614 → 507 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$64,293 → $86,607 (+34.7%)	$90,384 → $211,071 (+133.5%)
Median home value	$205,400 → $233,900 (+13.9%)	$114,600 → $138,100 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,368 (+17.5%)	—

Moose Creek

Population

795332

Median household income

$64,293$86,607

Median home value

$205,400$233,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,368

Pleasant Valley

Population

614507

Median household income

$90,384$211,071

Median home value

$114,600$138,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	30.2%
18 to 24	33.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	34.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	6.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.3%
75 and over	9.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	9.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	79.6%	66.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	33.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	7.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	38.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moose Creek	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	15.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	44
Median year structure built	1981	1991