Pleasant View has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 4 jobs in Pleasant View for 94 working residents. Hardly any work in Pleasant View itself; outside it, Williamsburg draws the most (26%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant View by day and by night
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Pleasant View on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 the trip to work from Pleasant View ends
Where Pleasant View clocks in
26% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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 Pleasant View’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant View, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 4. 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.
Working from home in Pleasant View
of Pleasant View workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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 Pleasant View’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Pleasant View
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | – | — | — | — | $46,020 |
| Emlyn | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Emlyn: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant View’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 View: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant View?
$46,020 (±$5,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant View?
24.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pleasant View work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsburg (26%, 5 mi), London (10%, 30 mi), Corbin (6%, 18 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.