Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Shiloh Encampment Site · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Pleasant Grove Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Pleasant Grove Township has 58 jobs, and 565 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Pleasant Grove Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). 1% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pleasant Grove Township, in brief
Pleasant Grove Township is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Pleasant Grove Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Grove Township has about 680 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasant Grove Township and Mattoon trade workers both ways
Mattoon is the top workplace for Pleasant Grove Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Grove Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Pleasant Grove Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 565 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pleasant Grove Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Pleasant Grove Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Pleasant Grove Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pleasant Grove Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who commutes out of Pleasant Grove Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 564 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Pleasant Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The towns that employ Pleasant Grove Township’s residents
Where Pleasant Grove Township clocks in
23% of workers
17% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Pleasant Grove Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 421 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Pleasant Grove Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Grove Township, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 58. 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 Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Pleasant Grove Township
About 21% 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.
Getting around Pleasant Grove Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 427 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Pleasant Grove Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pleasant Grove Township ranks: 1,381st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,379 | St. Ansgar IA | 1,168 | $76K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 23% | B− |
| 1,380 | Rutherford College NC | 1,220 | $68K | 7.7% | 2.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,381 | Pleasant Grove Township IL | 1,187 | $77K | 7.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B− |
| 1,382 | Clinton Township PA | 1,302 | $86K | 9.0% | 4.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,383 | Springdale Township PA | 1,463 | $62K | 12.1% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pleasant Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Pleasant Grove Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lafayette Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Township | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $76,613 |
| Hutton Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Charleston Township | 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Lafayette Township | 8% | B | C− | 22 min | $69,125 |
| Paradise Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Neoga Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 19 min | $88,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hutton Township, Cottonwood Township and Paradise Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Charleston Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Grove Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Grove Township?
$76,613 (±$26,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Grove Township?
7.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Grove Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Grove Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mattoon (23%, 8 mi), Charleston (17%, 7 mi), Lafayette Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pleasant Grove Township walkable?
Pleasant Grove Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Grove Township 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 Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Grove Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.