Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPleasant Run Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Pleasant Run Township for work; outside it, Bedford is the main destination (23%, 10 miles). Pleasant Run Township has 76 jobs, and 694 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Pleasant Run Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Pleasant Run Township
Pleasant Run Township is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Pleasant Run Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Run Township has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasant Run Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 694 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pleasant Run Township
Household income holds Pleasant Run Township’s grade up ($76,563, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Run Township could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Pleasant Run Township by day and by night
On a workday 692 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Pleasant Run Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
From Pleasant Run Township, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Run Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 981 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Pleasant Run Township goes to work
Where Pleasant Run Township clocks in
23% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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.
Pleasant Run Township works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Run Township, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 76. 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 Run Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Pleasant Run Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Pleasant Run Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,045 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). 0.0% of Pleasant Run Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Run Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pleasant Run Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 4,398th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 171 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,396 | Durand WI | 1,854 | $59K | 13.5% | 4.6% | 16% | C− |
| 4,397 | Webber Township IL | 2,095 | $59K | 13.4% | 5.4% | 3% | C− |
| 4,398 | Pleasant Run Township IN | 1,745 | $77K | 17.3% | 6.8% | <1% | C− |
| 4,399 | Superior Township MI | 1,267 | $73K | 14.1% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,400 | Royal Oak Township MI | 2,323 | $48K | 26.8% | 30.3% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Run Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Pleasant Run Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shawswick Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Run Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Run Township | – | C− | D− | 30 min | $76,563 |
| Owen Township | under 2% | C | C− | 30 min | $75,481 |
| Shawswick Township | 4% | C+ | B− | 27 min | $60,354 |
| Guthrie Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 39 min | $60,144 |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Marshall Township | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $98,750 |
| Salt Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Polk Township and Salt Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Run 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 Run Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Run Township?
$76,563 (±$20,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Run Township?
17.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Run Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Run Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford (23%, 10 mi), Bloomington (15%, 19 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Run Township walkable?
Pleasant Run Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Run 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 Run Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Run 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. 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.