Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Hill has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole. Pleasant Hill has 28 jobs for 265 working residents. Only 2% stay in Pleasant Hill for work; outside it, Many is the main destination (17%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant Hill at work: what stands out
Pleasant Hill is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Pleasant Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Hill has about 380 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
Pleasant Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Pleasant Hill
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Pleasant Hill on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
How far it is to work from Pleasant Hill
About 34% 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.
Getting to work from Pleasant Hill takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Hill workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
Out of Pleasant Hill to work: where people go
Where Pleasant Hill clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Pleasant Hill: what the 28 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Hill, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 28. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Hill?
$19,600 (±$5,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Hill?
35.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Hill?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Many (17%, 17 mi), Shreveport (9%, 48 mi), Mansfield (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Hill
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.