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SheetPA-PLEASANTVILLE-BOROUGH-BEDFORD-COUNTY-PA · Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), PA 148 pop · income 19th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Banner · lowest
36,250
Banner · lowest
36,250 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #1
Pleasantville… · this city
50,000
Pleasantville… · this city
50,000 median HH income
59.6% of the leader · rank #2
Paint Rock · near
50,000
Paint Rock · near
50,000 median HH income
59.6% of the leader · rank #3
Woodville · near
50,000
Woodville · near
50,000 median HH income
59.6% of the leader · rank #4
Adak · near
50,000
Adak · near
50,000 median HH income
59.6% of the leader · rank #5
Calhan · near
50,000
Calhan · near
50,000 median HH income
59.6% of the leader · rank #6
Ali Molina · highest
83,864
Ali Molina · highest
83,864 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 148.
Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) - the verdict
Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) ranks in the 19th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
19th
percentile, household income
21st
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), PA
148 people live in Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), Pennsylvania - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) households earn a median of $50,000 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 17.6%. Home values in Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) run a median of $131,300, and the median resident age is 32.0 years. 15.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 45.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,225 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $260 across Pennsylvania, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 67.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 17.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Jeddo (148 residents, $63,015 income); Summit Station (148 residents, $81,635 income); Wopsononock (148 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ali Molina, AZ (148 residents); Clyattville, GA (148 residents); Adair, IL (148 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.5% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
F
City profile score · Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), PA
27/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$50,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
17.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) compare to other US cities?
Where Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income19% higher than other cities
Home value21% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,467 of 1,765
17th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#1,200 of 1,790
33rd percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#225 of 1,856
88th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,293 of 1,861
30th percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
19th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$131,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 79% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,651 of 15,516
More affordable than 70% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,122 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,651 of 15,516 and #4,122 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$50,000Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Pleasantville borough (Bedford County), PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
148
Median Income
$50,000
Median Home Value
$131,300
Median Age
32.0
Poverty Rate
17.6%
Labor force participation
45.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.7%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Pleasantville borough (Bedford County)'s Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
194 residents
2021
193 residents
2022
192 residents
2023
194 residents
2024
194 residents
2025
193 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
7.8%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 51 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Pleasantville borough (Bedford County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pleasantville borough (Bedford County) compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.