Norfolk vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Norfolk has the higher population (608 vs 343 in Pleasant Valley). Norfolk has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $59,135 in Pleasant Valley). Norfolk has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $242,600 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
Population	608	343
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,313	$59,135
Median home value	$325,000	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,121
Housing units	337	132
Homeownership rate	61.2%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	35.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
Population	504 → 608 (+20.6%)	488 → 343 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $85,313 (+93.4%)	$107,550 → $59,135 (-45.0%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $325,000 (+45.4%)	$235,500 → $242,600 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $1,112 (+62.1%)	$1,095 → $1,121 (+2.4%)

Norfolk

Population

504608

Median household income

$44,107$85,313

Median home value

$223,500$325,000

Median gross rent

$686$1,112

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)

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	2.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	25.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	20.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	2.3%
75 and over	4.9%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	96.5%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	67.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	32.9%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	5.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	67.4%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	36.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norfolk	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	6.4%	32.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938