Hammonton vs Pleasantville

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

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

Pleasantville has the higher population (20,604 vs 14,746 in Hammonton). Hammonton has the higher median household income ($83,044 vs $52,403 in Pleasantville). Hammonton has the higher median home value ($324,200 vs $177,700 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
Population	14,746	20,604
Median age	45.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,044	$52,403
Median home value	$324,200	$177,700
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,328
Housing units	6,145	7,356
Homeownership rate	71.3%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
Population	14,139 → 14,746 (+4.3%)	20,301 → 20,604 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$73,048 → $83,044 (+13.7%)	$40,991 → $52,403 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$235,500 → $324,200 (+37.7%)	$131,800 → $177,700 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,204 → $1,375 (+14.2%)	$1,159 → $1,328 (+14.6%)

Hammonton

Population

14,13914,746

Median household income

$73,048$83,044

Median home value

$235,500$324,200

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,375

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)

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
Under 5	5.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.2%
75 and over	11.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	8.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
No high school diploma	9.1%	26.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
Drove alone	72.1%	67.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	15.6%
Public transit	0.2%	6.9%
Walked	1.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hammonton	Pleasantville
Poverty rate	11.2%	23.3%
Average household size	2.51	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1970	1967