Monongah vs Pleasant Valley

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

Monongah 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 944 in Monongah). Pleasant Valley has the higher median household income ($58,456 vs $54,412 in Monongah). Pleasant Valley has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $86,400 in Monongah).

Population, income & housing

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
Population	944	3,494
Median age	46.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,412	$58,456
Median home value	$86,400	$208,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	$954
Housing units	495	1,648
Homeownership rate	73.1%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
Population	1,184 → 944 (-20.3%)	3,157 → 3,494 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$46,429 → $54,412 (+17.2%)	$51,507 → $58,456 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $86,400 (+27.2%)	$153,400 → $208,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,000 (+29.9%)	$570 → $954 (+67.4%)

Monongah

Population

1,184944

Median household income

$46,429$54,412

Median home value

$67,900$86,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,000

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)

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
Under 5	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	14.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	20.6%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
No high school diploma	7.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
Drove alone	67.3%	86.1%
Carpooled	16.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
1-unit, detached	86.9%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Monongah	Pleasant Valley
Poverty rate	12.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1938	1972