Atlantic City vs Pleasantville

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

Atlantic City and Pleasantville are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atlantic City has the higher population (38,486 vs 20,604 in Pleasantville). Pleasantville has the higher median household income ($52,403 vs $36,220 in Atlantic City). Atlantic City has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $177,700 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
Population	38,486	20,604
Median age	37.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,220	$52,403
Median home value	$189,600	$177,700
Median gross rent	$1,084	$1,328
Housing units	20,075	7,356
Homeownership rate	30.1%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
Population	37,999 → 38,486 (+1.3%)	20,301 → 20,604 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$29,232 → $36,220 (+23.9%)	$40,991 → $52,403 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $189,600 (+21.0%)	$131,800 → $177,700 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,084 (+19.9%)	$1,159 → $1,328 (+14.6%)

Atlantic City

Population

37,99938,486

Median household income

$29,232$36,220

Median home value

$156,700$189,600

Median gross rent

$904$1,084

Pleasantville

Population

20,30120,604

Median household income

$40,991$52,403

Median home value

$131,800$177,700

Median gross rent

$1,159$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
Under 5	7.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.2%
75 and over	6.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	8.0%
Black or African American	31.3%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	16.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	23.9%	26.6%
High school graduate	34.6%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
Drove alone	44.8%	67.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	15.6%
Public transit	20.7%	6.9%
Walked	16.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	16.4%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	11.5%
20 or more units	32.7%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic City	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	33.9%	23.3%
Average household size	2.30	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1962	1967