Pleasanton’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
Only 7% stay in Pleasanton for work; outside it, Mound City is the main destination (8%, 11 miles). Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents, next to 11.3% across Kansas. For jobs and income Pleasanton is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pleasanton: the gist
Pleasanton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 440 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pleasanton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Pleasanton’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Pleasanton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pleasanton could be anywhere from D− to C.
Getting to work from Pleasanton takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasanton workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 652 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pleasanton
About 40% 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.
A workday in Pleasanton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Pleasanton on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Pleasanton work
Where Pleasanton clocks in
8% 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.
What the 273 jobs in Pleasanton are
273 jobs are based in Pleasanton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasanton, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 273. 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 Pleasanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Pleasanton is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 697 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). 7.0% of Pleasanton households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pleasanton ranks: 3,469th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,467 | Oquawka IL | 1,065 | $54K | 15.9% | 14.3% | 11% | D |
| 3,468 | Walton IN | 1,024 | $46K | 20.8% | 4.6% | 1% | D |
| 3,469 | Pleasanton KS | 1,186 | $50K | 11.0% | 6.9% | 7% | D |
| 3,470 | La Grulla TX | 1,234 | $37K | 19.2% | 9.0% | 0% | D |
| 3,471 | Washburn ME | 1,499 | $56K | 12.7% | 7.4% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Pleasanton, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Pleasanton: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasanton?
$49,565 (±$15,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasanton?
11.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasanton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasanton work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mound City (8%, 11 mi), Potosi Township (7%, 1 mi), Fort Scott (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasanton walkable?
Pleasanton is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasanton without a car?
0% 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 Pleasanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasanton
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.