Electra vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Electra has the higher population (2,259 vs 356 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $64,125 in Electra). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $52,300 in Electra).

Population, income & housing

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
Population	2,259	356
Median age	41.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,125	$78,333
Median home value	$52,300	$139,600
Median gross rent	$761	—
Housing units	1,220	134
Homeownership rate	66.0%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
Population	2,726 → 2,259 (-17.1%)	311 → 356 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$30,484 → $64,125 (+110.4%)	$74,688 → $78,333 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $52,300 (+37.6%)	$122,100 → $139,600 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$345 → $761 (+120.6%)	$1,107 → $1,094 (-1.2%)

Electra

Population

2,7262,259

Median household income

$30,484$64,125

Median home value

$38,000$52,300

Median gross rent

$345$761

Pleasant Valley

Population

311356

Median household income

$74,688$78,333

Median home value

$122,100$139,600

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	7.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	89.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	17.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	86.8%	93.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	88.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Electra	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	20.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1954	1983