Oceanside vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Pleasant Valley has the higher population (589 vs 423 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($575,400 vs $465,500 in Pleasant Valley). Since 2019, Pleasant Valley's population has grown faster (+16.9% vs -22.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
Population	423	589
Median age	64.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,586	—
Median home value	$575,400	$465,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,464
Housing units	623	275
Homeownership rate	95.1%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
Population	546 → 423 (-22.5%)	504 → 589 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$85,156 → $77,586 (-8.9%)	$65,486 → $63,545 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$450,000 → $575,400 (+27.9%)	$409,000 → $465,500 (+13.8%)

Oceanside

Population

546423

Median household income

$85,156$77,586

Median home value

$450,000$575,400

Pleasant Valley

Population

504589

Median household income

$65,486$63,545

Median home value

$409,000$465,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	4.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	26.1%
55 to 64	27.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	34.3%	18.8%
75 and over	9.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	1.6%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	73.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	76.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Oceanside	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1995	1992