Pleasant Valley vs Red Hook

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

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

Red Hook has the higher population (2,119 vs 1,814 in Pleasant Valley). Red Hook has the higher median household income ($104,022 vs $90,250 in Pleasant Valley). Red Hook has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $319,200 in Pleasant Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
Population	1,814	2,119
Median age	33.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,250	$104,022
Median home value	$319,200	$344,300
Median gross rent	$2,142	$1,141
Housing units	831	1,061
Homeownership rate	16.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
Population	1,148 → 1,814 (+58.0%)	1,899 → 2,119 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$72,292 → $90,250 (+24.8%)	$65,850 → $104,022 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $319,200 (+22.1%)	$279,300 → $344,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,571 → $2,142 (+36.3%)	$1,032 → $1,141 (+10.6%)

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

Red Hook

Population

1,8992,119

Median household income

$65,850$104,022

Median home value

$279,300$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
Under 5	9.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	20.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.3%
75 and over	9.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	8.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
Drove alone	72.8%	67.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.9%	18.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
1-unit, detached	16.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	39.2%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Valley	Red Hook
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1994	1981