Pleasant Valley is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,603 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pleasant Valley is the 660th largest community in New York.Pleasant Valley is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.46% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pleasant Valley is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Valley who work in architecture and engineering (27.93%), management occupations (10.63%), and computer science and math (9.20%). Also of interest is that Pleasant Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 23.46% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Pleasant Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pleasant Valley, the average commute to work is 30.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Pleasant Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.If knowledge is power, Pleasant Valley is a pretty powerful place. 53.76% of the adults in Pleasant Valley have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Pleasant Valley in 2022 was $43,938, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,752 for a family of four. Pleasant Valley is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pleasant Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Valley include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Palestinian. The most common language spoken in Pleasant Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.
