Is Pleasant Valley a good place to live?
Pleasant Valley gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $260K for a typical one, or 3.1 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. It grades A overall, 16th among Missouri's 247 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $76K. Only 11 of Missouri’s 419 towns score higher on hazard risk. Pleasant Valley's schools outperform 75% of the state's. On history, just 39 of Missouri’s 419 towns do worse.
What makes Pleasant Valley stand out
Where Pleasant Valley beats most towns.
How Pleasant Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Pleasant Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Arrowhead Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pleasant Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
4 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
3 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
12 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
8 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile CenterPhoto credits
Arrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Pleasant Valley: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pleasant Valley, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pleasant Valley.
Pleasant Valley reports less crime than Liberty or any other graded neighbor, trades workers with Kansas City and other neighbors and looks healthier within Missouri than nationally.
Cold waves leads a low hazard risk in Pleasant Valley
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and hot summers in Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 20° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Pleasant Valley trails 64% of U.S. towns
Within Missouri it is healthier than 58% of the 247 graded towns: much of Missouri scores lower on these measures.
Pleasant Valley tracks Missouri closely on all 32 CDC measures. 15% of Pleasant Valley adults binge drink, where Missouri’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 16%. 35% of Pleasant Valley adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Pleasant Valley | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About two in five of Pleasant Valley’s working residents commute to Kansas City
Pleasant Valley has about as many jobs (1,519) as working residents, but only 16 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,126 in 2013 to 1,519.
Most working residents leave Pleasant Valley for work: only 1% work in town. 4.5% of Pleasant Valley residents live below the poverty line, below both Missouri’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Pleasant Valley grew to 1,519 in 2023, 393 more than in 2013.
| Pleasant Valley | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crime per resident in Pleasant Valley is lower than in 60% of U.S. towns
Its B tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Liberty (C+) comes closest. At 14.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 76% of Missouri’s graded towns.
The property crime rate in Pleasant Valley is 5.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Pleasant Valley | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.8 per 1,000 residents | 12.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
An age mix much like Missouri’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Missouri average. 19% of residents are under 18 in Pleasant Valley. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Missouri.
| Pleasant Valley | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.7 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.9 points). Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Pleasant Valley | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.8% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.3% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.8% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 32.7% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Pleasant Valley’s grade for cost of living is an A−
The typical Pleasant Valley home is worth about $260,000, up 3.1% in a year, close to the Missouri typical home.
| Pleasant Valley | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,132 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Pleasant Valley
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasant Valley
About 4 of every 100 Pleasant Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Pleasant Valley
Place in Missouri, United States
Pleasant Valley is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,743 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Pleasant Valley’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Pleasant Valley.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | #16 | A | A− | B | A− | C+ |
| Liberty | #66 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− | A− |
| Kansas City | #200 | C− | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Claycomo | — | — | A− | D | A− | C− |
Claycomo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Pleasant Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Pleasant Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pleasant Valley, MO a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Pleasant Valley grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #16 of 247 in Missouri. It grades C+ for health, B for safety and A− for schools.
Is Pleasant Valley, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.