Pleasant ViewPA
A town of 809.
Is Pleasant View a good place to live?
Pleasant View’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 8 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Pleasant View. Pleasant View has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
809 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Pleasant View: who provides what
Pleasant View is unincorporated, so Armstrong County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 View.
Pleasant View has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Pleasant View for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Pleasant View has lost 28 jobs, to 35 in 2023. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (10%), Parks Township (6%) and Allegheny Township (5%).
| Pleasant View | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $76,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Pleasant View
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pleasant View has four seasons and pleasant summers
Pleasant View has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Pleasant View is
Pleasant View beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of Pleasant View adults smoke cigarettes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). 39% of adults have obesity in Pleasant View.
| Pleasant View | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Pleasant View | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.8% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Acrisure Stadium and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pleasant View. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
22 mi Theme parkKennywood
26 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
25 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
25 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
26 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Pleasant View
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasant View
About 4 of every 100 Pleasant View residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Pleasant View for work
Where Pleasant View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Pleasant View
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pleasant View, PA a good place to live?
Pleasant View has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.