Best PlacesPleasant Valley, Vancouver, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasant Valley, Vancouver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver ranks 1,524th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasant Valley, Vancouver ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Pleasant Valley, Vancouver ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver
A household needs to earn about $158,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasant Valley, Vancouver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $119,273, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pleasant Valley, Vancouver's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pleasant Valley, Vancouver.
Who works in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver, and how
Work in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasant Valley, Vancouver.
What the weather is like in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver, month by month
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 70° | 57° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pleasant Valley, Vancouver
Portland International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pleasant Valley, Vancouver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver
Is Pleasant Valley, Vancouver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasant Valley, Vancouver ranks 1,524th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, civic engagement, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasant Valley, Vancouver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $608,731. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $119,273 median income, cost of living beats 80% of neighborhoods.
Is Pleasant Valley, Vancouver safe?
Yes, Pleasant Valley, Vancouver is safer than 91% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasant Valley, Vancouver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasant Valley, Vancouver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasant Valley, Vancouver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasant Valley, Vancouver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasant Valley, Vancouver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasant Valley, Vancouver detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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