Pleasant ValleyWI
A town of 3,878.
Is Pleasant Valley a good place to live?
Pleasant Valley's standout: the median household earns $140K. Overall it grades C+, 286th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $452K, 6.1 years of the Eau Claire metro’s $75K median household income. Pleasant Valley’s median household income is $140,000, against $87,000 in Wisconsin’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On history, just 74 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns.
Pleasant Valley has grown 27% since 2010
3,044 counted in 2010 and 3,791 in 2020; an estimated 3,878 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Pleasant Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Pleasant Valley is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 14%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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 sends most of its workers to Eau Claire and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has fewer 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Pleasant Valley’s grade for health is an A−
Against the 3,603 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pleasant Valley’s, it is less healthy than 71%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Pleasant Valley beats the Wisconsin average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Pleasant Valley adults binge drink.
| Pleasant Valley | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pleasant Valley | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Pleasant Valley’s working residents commute to Eau Claire
Pleasant Valley has 214 jobs for its 1,578 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Pleasant Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Pleasant Valley is 17 minutes. Since 2013, Pleasant Valley has added 123 jobs, to 214 in 2023.
| Pleasant Valley | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pleasant Valley has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Eau Claire Rgnl Ap weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 86% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
Pleasant Valley has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Pleasant Valley’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Pleasant Valley
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cleghorn School Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pleasant Valley
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasant Valley
About 1 of every 100 Pleasant Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
98% of working residents leave Pleasant Valley for work
Where Pleasant Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Pleasant Valley
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Pleasant Valley is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,791 at the 2020 census. The town government is headquartered in the unincorporated community of Cleghorn. The remains of the historic community of Hadleyville are also located in the town.
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- Area
- 54 sq mi
- Elevation
- 961 ft
Pleasant Valley’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Pleasant Valley.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | #286 | C+ | D | — | B− | A− |
| Clear Creek | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drammen | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington | #164 | B+ | C+ | — | B− | A− |
| Albion | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brunswick | — | — | C− | — | B− | A− |
Brunswick has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pleasant Valley, Washington and Brunswick report no FBI crime data of their own. Clear Creek, Drammen and Albion aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pleasant Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Pleasant Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pleasant Valley, WI a good place to live?
Pleasant Valley grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #286 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pleasant Valley, WI expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.