West Virginia · Census place 5464228

Pleasant Valley, West Virginia

Pleasant Valley is a city in Marion County, West Virginia with an estimated 3,470 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 35th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,470
#35 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-32 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
1,074 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Pleasant Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Pleasant Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Pleasant Valley lost 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

3,50220203,48920213,47620223,47820233,4702024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,500. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pleasant Valley covers 3.23 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,074 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Pleasant Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pleasant Valley is in

All of Pleasant Valley's residents live in Marion County, which had 55,649 residents in 2024. Pleasant Valley holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pleasant Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pleasant Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26554. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Pleasant Valley is

The Census internal point of Pleasant Valley is at 39.453000, -80.155400. Charleston, the capital, is 110.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairmont, WV (18,063 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 68.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.453000, -80.155400
DMS
39°27'10.80"N 80°09'19.44"W
UTM
17N 572667.3E 4367388.8N
Geohash
dpp02n0w7
Plus code
86FXFR3V+6R

Daylight in Pleasant Valley

At 39.45° N, Pleasant Valley gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pleasant Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairmont, 1.7 miles away, with 18,063 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pleasant Valley, WV?

3,470 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 32 (0.9%) from 3,502 in July 2020.

What county is Pleasant Valley in?

Marion County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pleasant Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26554.

How far is Pleasant Valley from Charleston?

110.0 miles (177.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Pleasant Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Pleasant Valley?

Fairmont, WV, with 18,063 residents, 1.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.