Kearney vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Kearney has the higher population (10,696 vs 2,744 in Pleasant Valley). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $78,750 in Pleasant Valley). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $195,200 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
Population	10,696	2,744
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$102,523	$78,750
Median home value	$275,200	$195,200
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,143
Housing units	4,489	1,198
Homeownership rate	76.1%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
Population	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)	3,003 → 2,744 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)	$57,346 → $78,750 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)	$148,500 → $195,200 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)	$924 → $1,143 (+23.7%)

Kearney

Population

10,09510,696

Median household income

$85,561$102,523

Median home value

$188,700$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,000

Pleasant Valley

Population

3,0032,744

Median household income

$57,346$78,750

Median home value

$148,500$195,200

Median gross rent

$924$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.7%
75 and over	6.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	79.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	80.8%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Kearney	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	2001	1982