Pleasant View Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Pleasant View Township has 23 jobs, and 42 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Pleasant View Township for work; outside it, Ada is the main destination (21%, 5 miles). 4% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Pleasant View Township by day
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 90 people are in Pleasant View Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 Township ends
Where Pleasant View Township clocks in
21% of workers
14% 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.
Goods, not services: 39% of the jobs in Pleasant View Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant View Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 23. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Pleasant View Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant View Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Pleasant View Township, by distance
About 17% 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.
Around Pleasant View Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant View Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $78,542 |
| McDonaldsville Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Green Meadow Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lockhart Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Anthony Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McDonaldsville Township, Green Meadow Township, Lockhart Township and Anthony Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant View 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant View Township?
$78,542 (±$7,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant View Township?
14.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant View Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant View Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ada (21%, 5 mi), Fargo (14%, 38 mi), Moorhead (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant View 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 View Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant View Township
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.