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 85.81% 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 (27.34%), management occupations (12.11%), and personal care services (8.65%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Pleasant Valley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.31 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Pleasant Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Pleasant Valley are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.77% of adults in Pleasant Valley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pleasant Valley in 2022 was $43,758, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $175,032 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, English, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Pleasant Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
