Pleasant View vs Rural Valley

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

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

Rural Valley has the higher population (929 vs 693 in Pleasant View). Pleasant View has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $70,625 in Rural Valley). Rural Valley has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $115,200 in Pleasant View).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
Population	693	929
Median age	46.2 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,000	$70,625
Median home value	$115,200	$135,000
Median gross rent	$733	$1,046
Housing units	312	417
Homeownership rate	87.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
Population	691 → 693 (+0.3%)	923 → 929 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$57,566 → $74,000 (+28.5%)	$51,042 → $70,625 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $115,200 (+25.5%)	$96,600 → $135,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $733 (-9.2%)	$670 → $1,046 (+56.1%)

Pleasant View

Population

691693

Median household income

$57,566$74,000

Median home value

$91,800$115,200

Median gross rent

$807$733

Rural Valley

Population

923929

Median household income

$51,042$70,625

Median home value

$96,600$135,000

Median gross rent

$670$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
Under 5	2.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	1.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	25.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.9%
75 and over	4.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	56.0%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
Drove alone	71.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	21.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
1-unit, detached	98.1%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant View	Rural Valley
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1952	1959