Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 20,853, settled in 1877.
Pleasantville earns a D−, 455th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, mostly because of schools and health. Its public schools trail 98% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. One bright spot: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Pleasantville, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 6% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 5 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on incomes. Pleasantville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns.
Where Pleasantville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds Avenue Elementary School | PK–5 | 570 |
| South Main Street Elementary School | PK–5 | 455 |
| Washington Avenue Elementary School | K–5 | 432 |
Coastal flooding makes up 20% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Pleasantville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,182 in 1900, 20,629 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1912 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pleasantville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Pleasantville.
Pleasantville has a longer frost-free season than almost anywhere else in New Jersey, has homes that are cheap against local pay and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
Each of its 3 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its D−, Egg Harbor Township highest at C+.
Its public schools are run by the Pleasantville Public School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Pleasantville High School, with 997 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 847 | C− |
| Pleasantville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 997 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
At 3 years of the Atlantic City metro’s $82K median household income, the typical home (about $250K) costs less against local pay than in 95% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. Home values rose 52% in five years, to about $250K, against 35% across New Jersey.
The typical Pleasantville home is worth about $250,000, up 6.6% in a year, 56% below the New Jersey typical home. 48% of households own their home in Pleasantville.
| Pleasantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,354 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
31% of Pleasantville adults say their health is fair or poor. Only 7 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Pleasantville. 37% of Pleasantville adults feel lonely.
| Pleasantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 15% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 22% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pleasantville | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 7.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.1% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 9,315 working residents takes 21.6 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
The median household income in Pleasantville is $54,000. Since 2013, Pleasantville has lost 1,047 jobs, to 5,225 in 2023. The average trip to work in Pleasantville is 22 minutes.
| Pleasantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 5.5% | 17% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 28.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 83% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Pleasantville’s violent crime rate is 3 per 1,000 residents.
| Pleasantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The Atlantic City Intl Ap weather station, 5 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 190 days, the highest of 941 New Jersey places with climate records.
Pleasantville has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 28° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
208 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 21 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 208 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pleasantville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Pleasantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.8% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodland Avenue Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Our Lady's Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pleasantville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
4 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
5 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant
5 mi Theme parkSteel Pier26 mi BeachLong Beach Island
8 mi Theme parkGillians Wonderland Pier and Island WaterparkPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gillians Wonderland Pier and Island Waterpark: Kevin Jarrett from Northfield, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pleasantville
About 8 of every 100 Pleasantville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Pleasantville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 notable people were born in Pleasantville.
City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Pleasantville is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 20,629, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 380 (+1.9%) from the 2010 census count of 20,249, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,237 (+6.5%) from the 19,012 counted in the 2000 census. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Pleasantville was originally incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 10, 1889, fro…
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3 towns share a border with Pleasantville.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantville | #455 | D− | C− | C | D− | D |
| Atlantic City | #465 | D− | C | D− | D | D |
| Absecon | #409 | D | D | C− | C | A− |
| Egg Harbor Township | #373 | C | D | C+ | C+ | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pleasantville grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #455 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades D for health, C for safety and D− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($82,105 across the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
5 notable people were born here, including Rodney Jerkins and Simon Lake.
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