Pleasantville is a

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in Venango County,

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, United States. The population was 841 at the 2020 census, and 892 in 2010. It was an early oil 'boom town', and the population jumped from 291 to 1,598 between 1860 and 1870. But the boom soon passed, and the population shrank to 855 by 1880, and has remained fairly stable since then.

History

The Allegheny Baptist Church and Connely-Holeman House are listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.5 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 850 people, 340 households, and 249 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 369 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.71%

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, 0.12%

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, 0.12% Native American, 0.24% Asian, and 0.82% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.24% of the population. There were 340 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were

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living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.94. In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $32,426, and the median income for a family was $37,679. Males had a median income of $29,722 versus $20,909 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,608. About 7.5% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the

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, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Pleasantville is a part of the Titusville Area School District

References

{{authority control Boroughs in Venango County, Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1820 1820 establishments in Pennsylvania