About Wichita Falls, TX (Pleasant Valley) Real Estate Prices and Overview Pleasant Valley median real estate price is $250,728, which is more expensive than 39.4% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 28.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. The average rental price in Pleasant Valley is currently $1,571, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 64.0% of Texas neighborhoods. Pleasant Valley is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Wichita Falls, Texas. Pleasant Valley real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999. Pleasant Valley has a 11.2% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 67.9% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty. Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics Notable & Unique: People If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the Pleasant Valley is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by 蘑菇视频 as among the top 8.1% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Texas, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, 蘑菇视频 identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Texas. The Neighbors: Income There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood. The neighbors in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood in Wichita Falls are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. The Neighbors: Occupations A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Pleasant Valley neighborhood, 32.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 15.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The Neighbors: Languages The most common language spoken in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.3%). The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture 鈥� our learned behavior 鈥� comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures. In the Pleasant Valley neighborhood in Wichita Falls, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (11.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report English roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.4%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others. Getting to Work How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Pleasant Valley neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. Here most residents (76.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.