Pleasantville vs Somers Point

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

Pleasantville and Somers Point 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 10,461 in Somers Point). Somers Point has the higher median household income ($68,542 vs $52,403 in Pleasantville). Somers Point has the higher median home value ($277,500 vs $177,700 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
Population	20,604	10,461
Median age	35.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,403	$68,542
Median home value	$177,700	$277,500
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,308
Housing units	7,356	5,730
Homeownership rate	44.6%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
Population	20,301 → 20,604 (+1.5%)	10,321 → 10,461 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$40,991 → $52,403 (+27.8%)	$61,366 → $68,542 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $177,700 (+34.8%)	$221,500 → $277,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,159 → $1,328 (+14.6%)	$1,156 → $1,308 (+13.1%)

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

Somers Point

Population

10,32110,461

Median household income

$61,366$68,542

Median home value

$221,500$277,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
Under 5	7.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	4.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	33.0%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
No high school diploma	26.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
Drove alone	67.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	15.6%	4.5%
Public transit	6.9%	1.2%
Walked	3.2%	6.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
1-unit, detached	55.3%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	23.0%
20 or more units	12.3%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantville	Somers Point
Poverty rate	23.3%	11.2%
Average household size	3.00	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1967	1970