Pleasant Valley vs Salcha

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

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

Salcha has the higher population (1,076 vs 507 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($211,071 vs $72,083 in Salcha). Since 2019, Salcha's population has grown faster (+7.0% vs -17.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
Population	507	1,076
Median age	42.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$211,071	$72,083
Median home value	—	$257,500
Housing units	219	645
Homeownership rate	91.6%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
Population	614 → 507 (-17.4%)	1,006 → 1,076 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$90,384 → $211,071 (+133.5%)	$70,486 → $72,083 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $138,100 (+20.5%)	$170,500 → $257,500 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,336 → $1,339 (+0.2%)

Pleasant Valley

Population

614507

Median household income

$90,384$211,071

Median home value

$114,600$138,100

Salcha

Population

1,0061,076

Median household income

$70,486$72,083

Median home value

$170,500$257,500

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	30.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	24.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	34.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	6.3%	21.1%
65 to 74	4.3%	7.8%
75 and over	3.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
Drove alone	66.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	33.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
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	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Valley	Salcha
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.85	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	44	35
Median year structure built	1991	1988