Best PlacesPleasantville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasantville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pleasantville ranks 46,672nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasantville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pleasantville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasantville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 70% of towns
Where Pleasantville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasantville
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasantville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,019, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pleasantville's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pleasantville
Pleasantville runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pleasantville.
Who works in Pleasantville, and how
Work in Pleasantville centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pleasantville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasantville.
What the weather is like in Pleasantville, month by month
Pleasantville sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Pleasantville
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasantville
Schools across Pleasantville average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Linton-stockton ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Northeast East Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- North Knox IntermediateC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Linton-stockton Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- White River Valley Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- North Knox Jr-sr High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- White River Valley High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Linton-stockton High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasantville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasantville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pleasantville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasantville
Is Pleasantville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasantville ranks 46,672nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low property taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasantville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $128,395. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $52,019 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Pleasantville safe?
Pleasantville is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasantville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasantville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasantville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pleasantville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasantville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasantville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasantville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasantville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasantville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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