A job hub: Pleasant Valley Township has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 640 people come in to work
Only 4% stay in Pleasant Valley Township for work; outside it, Winfield is the main destination (31%, 5 miles). 654 jobs are based in Pleasant Valley Township, and 322 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average; Kansas averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pleasant Valley Township, in brief
Much of Pleasant Valley Township works one town over
53% of working residents work in a town that borders Pleasant Valley Township: Winfield (31%), Arkansas City (20%) and Creswell Township (2%). Next door ↓
Pleasant Valley Township makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Pleasant Valley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pleasant Valley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Pleasant Valley Township is where the jobs are
Pleasant Valley Township has 654 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,100 people are in town, 41% more than the 810 who 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 322 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factories, building and farms: 80% of the jobs in Pleasant Valley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Valley Township, 2014 → 2024: 280 → 654. 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 Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Pleasant Valley Township on a workday
On a workday 308 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Pleasant Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Commuting in to Pleasant Valley Township: where workers come from
Where Pleasant Valley Township clocks in
31% of workers
20% of workers
9% 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 daily trip from Pleasant Valley Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Valley Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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 it is to work from Pleasant Valley Township
About 20% 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.
Pleasant Valley Township and its neighbors: 53% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Township | – | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Winfield | 31% | C− | B− | 21 min | $56,656 |
| Walnut Township | under 1% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Creswell Township | 2% | C | D− | 23 min | $85,000 |
| Arkansas City | 20% | C | B− | 19 min | $49,629 |
| Silverdale Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Vernon Township | under 1% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Township, Silverdale Township, Beaver Township, Liberty Township and Vernon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winfield. Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Valley 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 Valley Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Valley Township?
1.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Valley Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Valley Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winfield (31%, 5 mi), Arkansas City (20%, 7 mi), Wichita (9%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pleasant Valley 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 Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Valley 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.