Pleasant Valley vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (495 vs 343 in Pleasant Valley). Sharon has the higher median household income ($158,146 vs $59,135 in Pleasant Valley). Sharon has the higher median home value ($276,300 vs $242,600 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
Population	343	495
Median age	43.2 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,135	$158,146
Median home value	$242,600	$276,300
Median gross rent	$1,121	$3,501
Housing units	132	450
Homeownership rate	61.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	35.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
Population	488 → 343 (-29.7%)	625 → 495 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$107,550 → $59,135 (-45.0%)	$136,286 → $158,146 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$235,500 → $242,600 (+3.0%)	$505,200 → $276,300 (-45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,121 (+2.4%)	$1,036 → $3,501 (+237.9%)

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

Sharon

Population

625495

Median household income

$136,286$158,146

Median home value

$505,200$276,300

Median gross rent

$1,036$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	20.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.7%	3.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	2.3%	51.5%
75 and over	17.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	14.7%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	6.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
Drove alone	61.5%	28.0%
Carpooled	32.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	17.3%
Walked	0.0%	36.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
1-unit, detached	56.8%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	36.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Valley	Sharon
Poverty rate	32.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.79	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1938	1938