Pleasant Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Jobs and income earn Pleasant Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Pleasant Township has 260 jobs for 990 working residents. Only 4% work in Pleasant Township; the top destination outside it is North Manchester (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant Township and work: the main findings
Pleasant Township and North Manchester trade workers both ways
North Manchester is the top workplace for Pleasant Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pleasant Township is a place people come home to
There are 260 jobs based in Pleasant Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Township has about 1,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 990 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Pleasant Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pleasant Township’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from D to A.
Where Pleasant Township goes to work
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
A workday in Pleasant Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 953 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Pleasant Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2014 → 2024: 237 → 260. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pleasant Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 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 997 commuters (the 9% 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.
Miles to work from Pleasant Township
About 22% 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.
In Pleasant Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pleasant Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,093 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). 3.4% of Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pleasant Township ranks: 2,948th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 64 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 176 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,946 | Columbus MT | 1,964 | $65K | 11.0% | 3.1% | 38% | C+ |
| 2,947 | Elkton VA | 3,136 | $62K | 9.9% | 4.3% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,948 | Pleasant Township IN | 2,387 | $73K | 7.7% | 6.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,949 | Torch Lake Township MI | 1,918 | $70K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,950 | Silver Springs FL | 2,712 | $32K | 29.8% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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.
Next door is work for 24% of Pleasant Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | C+ | D− | 25 min | $73,011 |
| Chester Township | 4% | B | A− | 24 min | $66,728 |
| Paw Paw Township | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $68,309 |
| Henry Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 34 min | $79,539 |
| North Manchester | 20% | B− | A | 23 min | $61,296 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | C | D | 23 min | $70,833 |
| Seward Township | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $77,267 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Manchester. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Township?
$73,011 (±$21,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
7.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Manchester (20%, 5 mi), Warsaw (11%, 17 mi), Wabash (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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), 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. 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.