Iowa Park vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Iowa Park has the higher population (6,574 vs 356 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $64,340 in Iowa Park). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $121,800 in Iowa Park).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
Population	6,574	356
Median age	39.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,340	$78,333
Median home value	$121,800	$139,600
Median gross rent	$945	—
Housing units	2,957	134
Homeownership rate	85.5%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
Population	6,328 → 6,574 (+3.9%)	311 → 356 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$56,800 → $64,340 (+13.3%)	$74,688 → $78,333 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $121,800 (+43.5%)	$122,100 → $139,600 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $945 (-2.6%)	$1,107 → $1,094 (-1.2%)

Iowa Park

Population

6,3286,574

Median household income

$56,800$64,340

Median home value

$84,900$121,800

Median gross rent

$970$945

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)

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	7.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	21.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.1%
75 and over	7.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	32.4%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	82.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	85.1%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Iowa Park	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1975	1983