Pawling vs Pleasant Valley

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

Pawling 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.

Pawling has the higher population (2,006 vs 1,814 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($90,250 vs $85,405 in Pawling). Pawling has the higher median home value ($352,900 vs $319,200 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
Population	2,006	1,814
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,405	$90,250
Median home value	$352,900	$319,200
Median gross rent	$1,310	$2,142
Housing units	931	831
Homeownership rate	55.7%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
Population	2,029 → 2,006 (-1.1%)	1,148 → 1,814 (+58.0%)
Median household income	$73,938 → $85,405 (+15.5%)	$72,292 → $90,250 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$276,100 → $352,900 (+27.8%)	$261,400 → $319,200 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,310 (+44.6%)	$1,571 → $2,142 (+36.3%)

Pawling

Population

2,0292,006

Median household income

$73,938$85,405

Median home value

$276,100$352,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,310

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)

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	6.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	20.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	11.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	75.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	5.5%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	19.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	59.3%	16.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	39.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	30.4%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pawling	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1956	1994