Oakview vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Pleasant Valley has the higher population (2,744 vs 384 in Oakview). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $71,875 in Oakview). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($195,200 vs $176,100 in Oakview).

Population, income & housing

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
Population	384	2,744
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$78,750
Median home value	$176,100	$195,200
Median gross rent	$1,320	$1,143
Housing units	188	1,198
Homeownership rate	83.0%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
Population	446 → 384 (-13.9%)	3,003 → 2,744 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $71,875 (+4.5%)	$57,346 → $78,750 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$135,600 → $176,100 (+29.9%)	$148,500 → $195,200 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,320 (+22.8%)	$924 → $1,143 (+23.7%)

Oakview

Population

446384

Median household income

$68,750$71,875

Median home value

$135,600$176,100

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,320

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)

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	3.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	20.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.7%
75 and over	2.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	75.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Oakview	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1957	1982