Neshanic vs Pleasant Plains

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

Neshanic 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.

Neshanic has the higher population (625 vs 536 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($576,100 vs $516,400 in Neshanic). Since 2019, Neshanic's population has grown faster (+7.0% vs -0.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
Population	625	536
Median age	63.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$145,592	—
Median home value	$516,400	$576,100
Housing units	228	183
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
Population	584 → 625 (+7.0%)	540 → 536 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$185,163 → $145,592 (-21.4%)	$209,583 → $225,809 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$459,700 → $516,400 (+12.3%)	$515,400 → $576,100 (+11.8%)

Neshanic

Population

584625

Median household income

$185,163$145,592

Median home value

$459,700$516,400

Pleasant Plains

Population

540536

Median household income

$209,583$225,809

Median home value

$515,400$576,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	6.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	16.6%
25 to 34	4.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	2.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	28.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	21.6%
75 and over	33.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	46.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	8.0%	24.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	97.0%	49.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	44.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neshanic	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

	Neshanic	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	35	45
Median year structure built	1962	1990