Jobs, income and commuting in Pleasant Mills, IN
Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Pleasant Mills itself; outside it, Decatur draws the most (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Pleasant Mills: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Pleasant Mills on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Pleasant Mills’ working residents head each day
Where Pleasant Mills clocks in
24% of workers
11% 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.
The trip to work from Pleasant Mills: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Mills workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How far Pleasant Mills’ workers travel
About 24% 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 Mills: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Mills?
6.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Mills?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Mills work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Decatur (24%, 6 mi), Fort Wayne (16%, 27 mi), Monroe (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pleasant Mills 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 Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Mills
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.