Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Pleasant Plains commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 64 jobs in Pleasant Plains for 401 working residents. Hardly any work in Pleasant Plains itself; outside it, Franklin Township draws the most (10%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 53% of workers, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pleasant Plains stands out on work
Pleasant Plains workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 59 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 452 hours of commuting, 215 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A lot of Pleasant Plains works from home
53% of Pleasant Plains workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Pleasant Plains is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Pleasant Plains, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Plains has about 130 people in it, 72% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 401 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Each way, about 59 minutes from Pleasant Plains
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Plains workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 112 commuters (the 53% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Pleasant Plains for work, and who comes in
On a workday 401 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Pleasant Plains on a workday afternoon, 72% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Pleasant Plains’ residents
Where Pleasant Plains clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
81% of the jobs in Pleasant Plains pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Plains, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 64. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Pleasant Plains commutes less than 14 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 Plains
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Plains workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Plains | – | — | — | 59 min | — |
| Ten Mile Run | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Franklin Park | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Griggstown | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Blackwells Mills | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Six Mile Run | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ten Mile Run, Franklin Park, Griggstown, Blackwells Mills and Six Mile Run: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Plains’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 2024, 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 Plains: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Plains?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Plains?
59 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 53% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Plains work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin Township (10%, 2 mi), New York City (8%, 36 mi), New Brunswick (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pleasant Plains without a car?
20% 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 Plains, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Plains
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.