Peaceful Valley vs Sudden Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Peaceful Valley and Sudden Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Peaceful Valley and Sudden Valley are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sudden Valley has the higher population (6,963 vs 2,661 in Peaceful Valley). Sudden Valley has the higher median household income ($98,865 vs $60,271 in Peaceful Valley). Sudden Valley has the higher median home value ($450,500 vs $267,300 in Peaceful Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
Population	2,661	6,963
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,271	$98,865
Median home value	$267,300	$450,500
Median gross rent	$1,358	$1,930
Housing units	1,116	3,068
Homeownership rate	63.4%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
Population	4,123 → 2,661 (-35.5%)	8,072 → 6,963 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$30,292 → $60,271 (+99.0%)	$86,064 → $98,865 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $267,300 (+66.2%)	$314,300 → $450,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,358 (+43.1%)	$1,800 → $1,930 (+7.2%)

Peaceful Valley

Population

4,1232,661

Median household income

$30,292$60,271

Median home value

$160,800$267,300

Median gross rent

$949$1,358

Sudden Valley

Population

8,0726,963

Median household income

$86,064$98,865

Median home value

$314,300$450,500

Median gross rent

$1,800$1,930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
Under 5	1.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	20.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.5%
75 and over	5.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
No high school diploma	12.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
Drove alone	83.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.1%
Public transit	1.4%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
1-unit, detached	51.9%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	46.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Peaceful Valley	Sudden Valley
Poverty rate	20.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	59	32
Median year structure built	1988	1992