Harlingen vs Pleasant Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Harlingen and Pleasant Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harlingen has the higher population (697 vs 536 in Pleasant Plains). Harlingen has the higher median home value ($717,900 vs $576,100 in Pleasant Plains). Since 2019, Harlingen's population has grown faster (+67.5% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
Population	697	536
Median age	39.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$227,438	—
Median home value	$717,900	$576,100
Housing units	218	183
Homeownership rate	95.9%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.7%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
Population	416 → 697 (+67.5%)	540 → 536 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$238,000 → $227,438 (-4.4%)	$209,583 → $225,809 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$687,500 → $717,900 (+4.4%)	$515,400 → $576,100 (+11.8%)

Harlingen

Population

416697

Median household income

$238,000$227,438

Median home value

$687,500$717,900

Pleasant Plains

Population

540536

Median household income

$209,583$225,809

Median home value

$515,400$576,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	7.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	26.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	1.0%	16.6%
25 to 34	2.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	29.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	22.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	6.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	1.3%	21.6%
75 and over	3.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	46.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	34.1%	24.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	74.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	77.5%	49.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	44.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harlingen	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.20	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	28	45
Median year structure built	1971	1990