Pleasantville, New Jersey

Population

Growing. Up 1.3% since 2020.

20,853

people, the 48th-largest of New Jersey's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New Jersey's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

87.1%

of 5,739 jobs located in Pleasantville are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 38% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,354

a month. New Jersey's median is $1,720.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,954 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Atlantic County.

• $632 Tract 127.02
• $2,586 Tract 118.04

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,075–$1,613

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,354 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 748 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 77% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 83% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.6–0.8% to the 7,240 homes here.

45–57

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 57% less than New Jersey's.

$194,100

median home value in Pleasantville.

• $194,100 Pleasantville
• $454,400 New Jersey
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year