Pleasantville vs Thurston

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

Pleasantville and Thurston are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasantville has the higher population (865 vs 615 in Thurston). Pleasantville has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $47,679 in Thurston). Thurston has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $138,800 in Pleasantville).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantville	Thurston
Population	865	615
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$47,679
Median home value	$138,800	$144,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,082
Housing units	306	254
Homeownership rate	64.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantville	Thurston
Population	1,098 → 865 (-21.2%)	609 → 615 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $68,750 (+68.4%)	$42,143 → $47,679 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $138,800 (+24.3%)	$103,100 → $144,700 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $1,000 (+96.1%)	$890 → $1,082 (+21.6%)

Pleasantville

Population

1,098865

Median household income

$40,833$68,750

Median home value

$111,700$138,800

Median gross rent

$510$1,000

Thurston

Population

609615

Median household income

$42,143$47,679

Median home value

$103,100$144,700

Median gross rent

$890$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasantville	Thurston
Under 5	5.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	19.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.9%
75 and over	3.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantville	Thurston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantville	Thurston
No high school diploma	16.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantville	Thurston
Drove alone	85.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantville	Thurston
1-unit, detached	83.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantville	Thurston
Poverty rate	14.8%	12.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1938	1967