Pleasant View has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any work in Pleasant View; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (41%, 14 miles). There are 89 jobs in Pleasant View, against 197 working residents. At home: 18% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Pleasant View
On a workday 196 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Pleasant View on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where people from Pleasant View work
Where Pleasant View clocks in
41% of workers
10% 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.
82% of the jobs in Pleasant View pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant View, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 89. 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 View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Pleasant View
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant View workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 18% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pleasant View
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.
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 View: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant View?
$196,063 (±$69,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant View?
2.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant View?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant View work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (41%, 14 mi), Shelbyville (10%, 12 mi), Moral Township (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant View 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 View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant View
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.