Pleasantville is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 20,613 people and five associated neighborhoods, Pleasantville is the 95th largest community in New Jersey.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pleasantville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasantville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasantville who work in food service (12.65%), sales jobs (10.58%), and maintenance occupations (10.05%). Pleasantville is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Many people in Pleasantville take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Pleasantville citizens for affordable transportation.The percentage of people in Pleasantville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.55% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pleasantville in 2022 was $24,931, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,724 for a family of four. However, Pleasantville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pleasantville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pleasantville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Pleasantville, accounting for 51.56% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pleasantville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pleasantville include Irish, Italian, English, Jamaican, and German. Pleasantville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.73%. The most common language spoken in Pleasantville is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.
