Millstone vs Pleasant Plains

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

Millstone 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.

Millstone has the higher population (606 vs 536 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($576,100 vs $486,200 in Millstone). Since 2019, Millstone's population has grown faster (+21.7% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
Population	606	536
Median age	42.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$139,209	—
Median home value	$486,200	$576,100
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	203	183
Homeownership rate	88.4%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
Population	498 → 606 (+21.7%)	540 → 536 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$117,500 → $139,209 (+18.5%)	$209,583 → $225,809 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$360,500 → $486,200 (+34.9%)	$515,400 → $576,100 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,550 → $1,292 (-49.3%)	—

Millstone

Population

498606

Median household income

$117,500$139,209

Median home value

$360,500$486,200

Median gross rent

$2,550$1,292

Pleasant Plains

Population

540536

Median household income

$209,583$225,809

Median home value

$515,400$576,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	2.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	16.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	24.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	21.6%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	46.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	1.3%	24.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	12.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	53.5%	49.6%
Carpooled	36.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	44.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	93.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Millstone	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	32	45
Median year structure built	1956	1990