Barrackville vs Pleasant Valley

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

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

Pleasant Valley has the higher population (3,494 vs 1,362 in Barrackville). Barrackville has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $58,456 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $156,400 in Barrackville).

Population, income & housing

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
Population	1,362	3,494
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$58,456
Median home value	$156,400	$208,500
Median gross rent	$693	$954
Housing units	622	1,648
Homeownership rate	93.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
Population	1,291 → 1,362 (+5.5%)	3,157 → 3,494 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $81,250 (+34.0%)	$51,507 → $58,456 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $156,400 (+8.2%)	$153,400 → $208,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	$570 → $954 (+67.4%)

Barrackville

Population

1,2911,362

Median household income

$60,625$81,250

Median home value

$144,500$156,400

Median gross rent

$670$693

Pleasant Valley

Population

3,1573,494

Median household income

$51,507$58,456

Median home value

$153,400$208,500

Median gross rent

$570$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	2.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	24.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	19.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.7%
75 and over	10.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	81.9%	86.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	88.9%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Barrackville	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	1.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1958	1972