Pleasantville vs Smithville

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

Pleasantville and Smithville 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 9,260 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($72,875 vs $52,403 in Pleasantville). Smithville has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $177,700 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantville	Smithville
Population	20,604	9,260
Median age	35.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,403	$72,875
Median home value	$177,700	$270,600
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,477
Housing units	7,356	4,814
Homeownership rate	44.6%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantville	Smithville
Population	20,301 → 20,604 (+1.5%)	7,365 → 9,260 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$40,991 → $52,403 (+27.8%)	$61,010 → $72,875 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $177,700 (+34.8%)	$202,800 → $270,600 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,159 → $1,328 (+14.6%)	$1,198 → $1,477 (+23.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

7,3659,260

Median household income

$61,010$72,875

Median home value

$202,800$270,600

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasantville	Smithville
Under 5	7.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.7%
75 and over	4.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantville	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	33.0%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantville	Smithville
No high school diploma	26.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantville	Smithville
Drove alone	67.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	9.9%
Public transit	6.9%	1.1%
Walked	3.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantville	Smithville
1-unit, detached	55.3%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	18.1%
20 or more units	12.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantville	Smithville
Poverty rate	23.3%	8.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1967	1989