North Kansas City vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

North Kansas City has the higher population (4,758 vs 2,744 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($195,200 vs $194,700 in North Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
Population	4,758	2,744
Median age	47.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,024	$78,750
Median home value	$194,700	$195,200
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,143
Housing units	3,260	1,198
Homeownership rate	28.5%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
Population	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)	3,003 → 2,744 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)	$57,346 → $78,750 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)	$148,500 → $195,200 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)	$924 → $1,143 (+23.7%)

North Kansas City

Population

4,4774,758

Median household income

$42,026$46,024

Median home value

$136,700$194,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,146

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)

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	0.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.7%
75 and over	10.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	83.2%
Black or African American	13.5%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	83.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	35.5%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	24.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	North Kansas City	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.2%
Average household size	1.65	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1974	1982