Pleasant Valley vs Smithville

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

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

Smithville has the higher population (10,552 vs 2,744 in Pleasant Valley). Smithville has the higher median household income ($99,925 vs $78,750 in Pleasant Valley). Smithville has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $195,200 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
Population	2,744	10,552
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$99,925
Median home value	$195,200	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,143	$977
Housing units	1,198	4,063
Homeownership rate	61.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
Population	3,003 → 2,744 (-8.6%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$57,346 → $78,750 (+37.3%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $195,200 (+31.4%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,143 (+23.7%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
Under 5	7.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.9%
75 and over	7.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
Drove alone	79.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
1-unit, detached	67.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Valley	Smithville
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1982	1996