Pleasant Valley is a city in
Marion County,
West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,506 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Pleasant Valley is located at (39.451522, -80.149085).
It is immediately south of the larger city and county seat of
Fairmont, West Virginia. The city is also adjacent to the
Tygart Valley River.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Transportation
*
Interstate 79
Interstate 79 (I-79) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States, designated from I-77 in Charleston, West Virginia, north to Pennsylvania Route 5 (PA 5) and PA 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a primary thoroughfare ...
* Fairmont Municipal - Frankman Field Airport (
FAA Code 4G7)
Demographics
The median income for a household in the city was $37,931, and the median income for a family was $47,330. Full-time, year-round male workers had a median income of $45,234 versus $37,132 for female workers. The
per capita income for the city was $22,335. About 9.7% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.
2010 census
As of the
census of 2010, there were 3,149 people, 1,401 households, and 870 families living in the city. The
population density was . There were 1,513 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.9%
White, 1.4%
African American, 0.1%
Native American, 1.1%
Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.2% from
other races, and 1.3% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
Latino or Latinos most often refers to:
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.6% of the population.
There were 1,401 households, of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.76.
The median age in the city was 40.5 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.2% were from 25 to 44; 28.1% were from 45 to 64; and 16.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.
References
{{authority control
Cities in West Virginia
Cities in Marion County, West Virginia