With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant Hill works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home (North Carolina 16%). Pleasant Hill has 22 jobs for 328 working residents. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant Hill and work: the main findings
Pleasant Hill is a place people come home to
There are 22 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 490 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pleasant Hill workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pleasant Hill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 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 long Pleasant Hill spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 547 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
17% of working residents work in Elkin
Where Pleasant Hill clocks in
17% 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.
55% of the jobs in Pleasant Hill make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Hill, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 22. 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.
Half of Pleasant Hill commutes less than 21 miles
About 22% 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.
Next door is work for 17% of Pleasant Hill
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | – | — | — | 24 min | $52,381 |
| Elkin | 17% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $60,740 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elkin. Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Hill’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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Hill?
$52,381 (±$42,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Hill?
7.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Hill?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Hill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkin (17%, 3 mi), Winston-Salem (8%, 37 mi), Charlotte (5%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% 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.