Hyde Park vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Hyde Park has the higher population (2,100 vs 1,814 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($90,250 vs $86,346 in Hyde Park). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $287,400 in Hyde Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
Population	2,100	1,814
Median age	44.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,346	$90,250
Median home value	$287,400	$319,200
Median gross rent	$1,040	$2,142
Housing units	987	831
Homeownership rate	74.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
Population	1,997 → 2,100 (+5.2%)	1,148 → 1,814 (+58.0%)
Median household income	$76,574 → $86,346 (+12.8%)	$72,292 → $90,250 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$233,700 → $287,400 (+23.0%)	$261,400 → $319,200 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,040 (+7.9%)	$1,571 → $2,142 (+36.3%)

Hyde Park

Population

1,9972,100

Median household income

$76,574$86,346

Median home value

$233,700$287,400

Median gross rent

$964$1,040

Pleasant Valley

Population

1,1481,814

Median household income

$72,292$90,250

Median home value

$261,400$319,200

Median gross rent

$1,571$2,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	4.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	20.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	77.2%
Black or African American	7.4%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	71.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	5.5%
Public transit	4.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	84.2%	16.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	39.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	30.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hyde Park	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1954	1994