With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant Valley Township works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Pleasant Valley Township itself; outside it, Stockton draws the most (22%, 8 miles). Employers in Pleasant Valley Township report 39 jobs; 82 of its residents have a job. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant Valley Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Pleasant Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Pleasant Valley Township commutes to
Where Pleasant Valley Township clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pleasant Valley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 39. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Pleasant Valley Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Valley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 6% 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.
The distance from Pleasant Valley Township to work
About 15% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Pleasant Valley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $90,000 |
| Derinda Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Berreman Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Woodland Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Stockton Township | under 3% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $54,241 |
Same-state neighbors only. Derinda Township, Berreman Township and Woodland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Valley 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 2023, 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 Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Valley Township?
$90,000 (±$32,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Valley Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Valley Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Valley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (22%, 8 mi), Freeport (11%, 21 mi), Lena (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant Valley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Valley Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.