MacDonnell Heights vs Pleasant Valley

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

MacDonnell Heights 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.

Pleasant Valley has the higher population (1,814 vs 1,438 in MacDonnell Heights). MacDonnell Heights has the higher median household income ($138,589 vs $90,250 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $293,300 in MacDonnell Heights).

Population, income & housing

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
Population	1,438	1,814
Median age	33.6 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$138,589	$90,250
Median home value	$293,300	$319,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,142
Housing units	519	831
Homeownership rate	100.0%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
Population	1,283 → 1,438 (+12.1%)	1,148 → 1,814 (+58.0%)
Median household income	$111,224 → $138,589 (+24.6%)	$72,292 → $90,250 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$227,000 → $293,300 (+29.2%)	$261,400 → $319,200 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,571 → $2,142 (+36.3%)

MacDonnell Heights

Population

1,2831,438

Median household income

$111,224$138,589

Median home value

$227,000$293,300

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)

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	19.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	4.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	20.7%
25 to 34	28.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	3.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	14.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	77.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	16.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	74.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	5.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	16.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	39.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	MacDonnell Heights	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	57	31
Median year structure built	1957	1994