New Jersey · Census place 3459640

Pleasantville, New Jersey

Pleasantville is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey with an estimated 20,924 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 48th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,924
#48 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+331 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
+ 1.56 sq mi water
Density
3,658 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Pleasantville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Pleasantville population, 2020 to 2024

Pleasantville added 331 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +183. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 113th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Pleasantville is 1.9 times that size.

20.6k202020.6k202120.7k202220.7k202320.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,625. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pleasantville covers 5.72 square miles of land and 1.56 of water, for 3,658 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Pleasantville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pleasantville is in

All of Pleasantville's residents live in Atlantic County, which had 279,114 residents in 2024. Pleasantville holds 7.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pleasantville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pleasantville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08232. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Pleasantville is

The Census internal point of Pleasantville is at 39.388800, -74.514300. Trenton, the capital, is 58.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlantic City, NJ (38,959 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 54.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.388800, -74.514300
DMS
39°23'19.68"N 74°30'51.48"W
UTM
18N 541826.6E 4360036.1N
Geohash
dr5006s26
Plus code
87F79FQP+G7

Daylight in Pleasantville

At 39.39° N, Pleasantville gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pleasantville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Northfield, 2.4 miles away, with 8,527 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pleasantville, NJ?

20,924 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 331 (1.6%) from 20,593 in July 2020.

What county is Pleasantville in?

Atlantic County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pleasantville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 08232.

How far is Pleasantville from Trenton?

58.9 miles (94.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Pleasantville.

What is the nearest larger city to Pleasantville?

Atlantic City, NJ, with 38,959 residents, 3.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.