Pleasant Valley vs Riverton

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

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

Pleasant Valley has the higher population (343 vs 342 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median household income ($118,708 vs $59,135 in Pleasant Valley). Riverton has the higher median home value ($343,000 vs $242,600 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
Population	343	342
Median age	43.2 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,135	$118,708
Median home value	$242,600	$343,000
Median gross rent	$1,121	—
Housing units	132	141
Homeownership rate	61.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	35.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
Population	488 → 343 (-29.7%)	264 → 342 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$107,550 → $59,135 (-45.0%)	$100,938 → $118,708 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$235,500 → $242,600 (+3.0%)	$270,000 → $343,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,121 (+2.4%)	—

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

Riverton

Population

264342

Median household income

$100,938$118,708

Median home value

$270,000$343,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	5.3%
65 to 74	2.3%	60.8%
75 and over	17.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	92.7%
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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.7%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	4.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
Drove alone	61.5%	39.1%
Carpooled	32.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	60.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
1-unit, detached	56.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	36.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Valley	Riverton
Poverty rate	32.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938