PleasantdaleNJ
With 2,145 residents, it is a town in New Jersey.
Is Pleasantdale a good place to live?
No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Pleasantdale. We don’t grade Pleasantdale yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Pleasantdale for work
Where Pleasantdale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 543 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pleasantdale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw16 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw16 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Pleasantdale: who provides what
Pleasantdale is unincorporated, so Essex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pleasantdale.
Compared with most of New Jersey and the rest of the country, fewer of Pleasantdale’s residents live below the poverty line
The top destinations are New York (20%), Newark (9%) and West Orange Township (7%). The typical household income for Pleasantdale comes to $144,000, against $113,000 in New Jersey’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. In Pleasantdale, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away.
| Pleasantdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $144,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Pleasantdale is inland flooding, at a low overall level
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Pleasantdale comes to 31 of 100, below both the New Jersey town median (52 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). FEMA puts 71% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to heat waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Pleasantdale’s year
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 22°, with about 24 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Pleasantdale is
Just over a third of Pleasantdale adults sleep under 7 hours. In Pleasantdale, 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 13% report frequent mental distress.
| Pleasantdale | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pleasantdale | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.7% | 9.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Pleasantdale sells for about $655K
The share of households in Pleasantdale who live in a home they own: 94%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Pleasantdale
Colleges nearby
32 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasantdale
About 6 of every 100 Pleasantdale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
About Pleasantdale
Populated place in Essex County, New Jersey, US
Pleasantdale is a census-designated place (CDP) located in West Orange Township, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Pleasantdale had a population of 2,329. It is in the northwest part of the township, bordered to the north by Eagle Rock Avenue, to the east by Pleasant Valley Way, to the south by Interstate 280, and to the west by Livingston Township and the borough of Roseland. The boundaries of the CDP may differ from local understanding of the community's extent. Crestmont Country Club atop Second Watchung Mountain occupies the western side of the CDP.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 554 ft
Questions about Pleasantdale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pleasantdale, NJ a good place to live?
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