Pleasantville vs Ventnor City

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

Pleasantville and Ventnor City 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 9,220 in Ventnor City). Ventnor City has the higher median household income ($74,619 vs $52,403 in Pleasantville). Ventnor City has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $177,700 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
Population	20,604	9,220
Median age	35.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,403	$74,619
Median home value	$177,700	$345,300
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,477
Housing units	7,356	7,813
Homeownership rate	44.6%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
Population	20,301 → 20,604 (+1.5%)	10,095 → 9,220 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$40,991 → $52,403 (+27.8%)	$59,219 → $74,619 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $177,700 (+34.8%)	$273,500 → $345,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,159 → $1,328 (+14.6%)	$1,163 → $1,477 (+27.0%)

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

Ventnor City

Population

10,0959,220

Median household income

$59,219$74,619

Median home value

$273,500$345,300

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
Under 5	7.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	22.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.5%
75 and over	4.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	68.3%
Black or African American	33.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
No high school diploma	26.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
Drove alone	67.7%	68.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	8.9%
Public transit	6.9%	8.4%
Walked	3.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
1-unit, detached	55.3%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	12.3%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantville	Ventnor City
Poverty rate	23.3%	10.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1967	1961