Fairmont vs Pleasant Valley

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

Fairmont 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.

Fairmont has the higher population (18,303 vs 3,494 in Pleasant Valley). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($60,791 vs $58,456 in Pleasant Valley). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $159,100 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
Population	18,303	3,494
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,791	$58,456
Median home value	$159,100	$208,500
Median gross rent	$902	$954
Housing units	8,952	1,648
Homeownership rate	61.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
Population	18,458 → 18,303 (-0.8%)	3,157 → 3,494 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$43,319 → $60,791 (+40.3%)	$51,507 → $58,456 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $159,100 (+43.5%)	$153,400 → $208,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $902 (+19.6%)	$570 → $954 (+67.4%)

Fairmont

Population

18,45818,303

Median household income

$43,319$60,791

Median home value

$110,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$754$902

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)

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	5.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	16.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.7%
75 and over	6.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	7.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	71.8%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	2.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	71.4%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	13.2%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	17.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1950	1972