Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Pleasant Groves has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Pleasant Groves; the top destination outside it is Huntsville (31%, 27 miles). Employers in Pleasant Groves report 7 jobs for 174 working residents. Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Pleasant Groves
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Pleasant Groves on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Pleasant Groves ends
Where Pleasant Groves clocks in
31% of workers
24% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Pleasant Groves, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Groves, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Groves’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pleasant Groves’ commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Groves workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Pleasant Groves works
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pleasant Groves: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Groves?
$60,759 (±$8,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Groves?
11.8%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Groves?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Groves work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (31%, 27 mi), Scottsboro (24%, 11 mi), Chattanooga (3%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pleasant Groves without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Groves, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Groves
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.