Pleasantville vs Polk

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

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

Pleasantville has the higher population (794 vs 692 in Polk). Pleasantville has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $44,250 in Polk). Pleasantville has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $87,500 in Polk).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantville	Polk
Population	794	692
Median age	48.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$44,250
Median home value	$107,400	$87,500
Median gross rent	$715	$689
Housing units	387	281
Homeownership rate	91.0%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantville	Polk
Population	876 → 794 (-9.4%)	747 → 692 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$49,191 → $57,500 (+16.9%)	$57,045 → $44,250 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $107,400 (+28.8%)	$62,200 → $87,500 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $715 (+14.4%)	$607 → $689 (+13.5%)

Pleasantville

Population

876794

Median household income

$49,191$57,500

Median home value

$83,400$107,400

Median gross rent

$625$715

Polk

Population

747692

Median household income

$57,045$44,250

Median home value

$62,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$607$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasantville	Polk
Under 5	2.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	17.8%
75 and over	10.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantville	Polk
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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	0.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantville	Polk
No high school diploma	11.6%	24.5%
High school graduate	45.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantville	Polk
Drove alone	78.9%	92.9%
Carpooled	14.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantville	Polk
1-unit, detached	81.1%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantville	Polk
Poverty rate	8.7%	35.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1953	1951