Falls Village vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Falls Village has the higher population (452 vs 343 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($59,135 vs $54,792 in Falls Village). Falls Village has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $242,600 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
Population	452	343
Median age	43.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,792	$59,135
Median home value	$431,300	$242,600
Median gross rent	$2,096	$1,121
Housing units	262	132
Homeownership rate	89.1%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	35.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
Population	451 → 452 (+0.2%)	488 → 343 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$91,111 → $54,792 (-39.9%)	$107,550 → $59,135 (-45.0%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $431,300 (+58.5%)	$235,500 → $242,600 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $2,096 (+90.5%)	$1,095 → $1,121 (+2.4%)

Falls Village

Population

451452

Median household income

$91,111$54,792

Median home value

$272,100$431,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$2,096

Pleasant Valley

Population

488343

Median household income

$107,550$59,135

Median home value

$235,500$242,600

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	3.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	20.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	20.7%
45 to 54	2.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	2.3%
75 and over	4.9%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	96.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	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	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	50.7%	61.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	32.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	98.5%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	36.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falls Village	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	34.7%	32.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938