Housing in Pleasant Valley at a glance
- Population
- about 17,061
- Housing units
- about 8,630
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $317,000Austin: $555,300 (-43%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,530 a monthAustin: $1,729 (-12%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 13.7%Austin: 43.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 20.2%
- Median year built
- 1997
Pleasant Valley holds the lowest median home value in the Austin ranking: $317,000, or 43% under the $555,300 for the whole city. Ownership is low too, at 13.7%, and rent of $1,530 ranks eighth. Set against that value, the housing is newer than most, with only 20.2% of units predating 1980 and homes from 1997 as the typical vintage. Franklin Park comes nearest on price, $330,000, yet 55.3% of its households own, far more than here. Riverside values homes at $500,000 and West University at $473,000, both well higher, though both also have very few owners, 8% and 10.3%. The area is in the south-east of Austin, and its low price sits beside a renter-heavy population, unlike its neighbour Franklin Park. Across 8,630 housing units, 1,082 households own and 6,803 rent, and rent runs 12% short of Austin's $1,729. Ownership lags the Austin rate by 29.7 points, and the area counts 17,061 residents.
Questions about Pleasant Valley
What is the median home value in Pleasant Valley, Austin?
$317,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $555,300 for Austin as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Pleasant Valley?
$1,530 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,729 in Austin (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Pleasant Valley own or rent?
Most rent: 13.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 43.4% in Austin (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 5 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Pleasant Valley is one of the 10 most populous of 65 neighborhood planning areas of Austin: estimated population about 17,061 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Austin GIS, Neighborhood Planning Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Austin as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Pleasant Valley
The closest sectors of Austin, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Pleasant Valley. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Pleasant Valley? Ask for your spot.