Pleasant Valley vs Wheeler

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

Pleasant Valley and Wheeler 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 469 in Wheeler). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($465,500 vs $412,200 in Wheeler). Since 2019, Wheeler's population has grown faster (+31.4% vs +16.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
Population	589	469
Median age	53.2 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,333
Median home value	$465,500	$412,200
Median gross rent	$1,464	$933
Housing units	275	301
Homeownership rate	76.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
Population	504 → 589 (+16.9%)	357 → 469 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$65,486 → $63,545 (-3.0%)	$36,000 → $56,333 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$409,000 → $465,500 (+13.8%)	$281,800 → $412,200 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $933 (+45.3%)

Pleasant Valley

Population

504589

Median household income

$65,486$63,545

Median home value

$409,000$465,500

Wheeler

Population

357469

Median household income

$36,000$56,333

Median home value

$281,800$412,200

Median gross rent

$642$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	10.7%
18 to 24	14.8%	1.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	26.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	20.3%
75 and over	3.9%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
No high school diploma	2.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
Drove alone	75.4%	62.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.5%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	80.7%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Valley	Wheeler
Poverty rate	0.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.67	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1992	1955