Paxton vs Pleasantville

A side-by-side comparison of Paxton and Pleasantville: population, income, housing, and more.

Paxton and Pleasantville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paxton has the higher population (320 vs 126 in Pleasantville). Paxton has the higher median household income ($48,938 vs $25,000 in Pleasantville). Since 2019, Pleasantville's population has grown faster (+65.8% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Paxton	Pleasantville
Population	320	126
Median age	28.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,938	$25,000
Median home value	$87,900	—
Housing units	183	46
Homeownership rate	89.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	56.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxton	Pleasantville
Population	324 → 320 (-1.2%)	76 → 126 (+65.8%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $48,938 (+6.8%)	$48,750 → $25,000 (-48.7%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $87,900 (+3.8%)	—

Paxton

Population

324320

Median household income

$45,833$48,938

Median home value

$84,700$87,900

Pleasantville

Population

76126

Median household income

$48,750$25,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxton	Pleasantville
Under 5	9.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	8.7%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	36.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	25.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	2.5%	19.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.1%
75 and over	3.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxton	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxton	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	65.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxton	Pleasantville
Drove alone	87.4%	72.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxton	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	71.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Paxton	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	5.3%	43.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1973	2003