Fox Lake (Boundary Increase) · Photo: MrHarman · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Township has higher unemployment (6.2%) than 76% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Pleasant Township C; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in three stay in Pleasant Township for work; outside it, Angola is the main destination (34%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pleasant Township apart on work
Pleasant Township and Angola trade workers both ways
Angola is the top workplace for Pleasant Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Pleasant Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Pleasant Township draws workers from far and wide
The 8,874 jobs in Pleasant Township are filled from a wide area. Pleasant Township’s own residents hold 26% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Pleasant Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #466 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Pleasant Township’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Commuting out of Pleasant Township: the destinations
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
34% 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.
The trip to work from Pleasant Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,290 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pleasant Township
On a workday 4,005 residents head out to work, 2,265 work right here, and 6,609 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
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 kinds of work in Pleasant Township
8,874 jobs are based in Pleasant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 7,997 → 8,874. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Pleasant Township commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Pleasant Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #93 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,670 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). 6.9% of Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pleasant Township next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000: 1,844th of 2,362 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 54 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 96 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 107 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,842 | Mount Clemens MI | 15,419 | $52K | 16.3% | 6.8% | 8% | C |
| 1,843 | Red Wing MN | 16,805 | $67K | 13.8% | 4.9% | 46% | C |
| 1,844 | Pleasant Township IN | 14,561 | $73K | 14.2% | 6.2% | 36% | C |
| 1,845 | Madison Township IN | 18,077 | $61K | 14.2% | 4.0% | 46% | C |
| 1,846 | Pine Castle FL | 10,371 | $50K | 20.3% | 5.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Pleasant Township
The biggest share goes to Jamestown Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | C | B+ | 18 min | $72,880 |
| Jamestown Township | 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $76,295 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $67,250 |
| Steuben Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $73,000 |
| Scott Township | under 2% | B | D | 20 min | $67,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Township?
$72,880 (±$8,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
14.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
18 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 Township work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (34%, 1 mi), Fort Wayne (10%, 40 mi), Fremont (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant 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.