Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0Mount Pleasant Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Mount Pleasant Township report 204 jobs; 764 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Mount Pleasant Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Pleasant Township, in a few figures
Mount Pleasant Township is a place people come home to
There are 204 jobs based in Mount Pleasant Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Pleasant Township has about 1,600 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Pleasant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Mount Pleasant Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 764 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mount Pleasant Township
The poverty rate holds Mount Pleasant Township’s grade up (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Mount Pleasant Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mount Pleasant Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who works in Mount Pleasant Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Mount Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Mount Pleasant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 920 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
11% of working residents work in Wheeling
Where Mount Pleasant Township clocks in
11% 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.
Jobs in Mount Pleasant Township: what the 204 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant Township, 2014 → 2024: 258 → 204. 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 Mount Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mount Pleasant Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Mount Pleasant Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 944 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.3% of Mount Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mount Pleasant Township is 3,489th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,487 | Oblong Township IL | 2,730 | $59K | 16.8% | 2.3% | 12% | C |
| 3,488 | Perry Township OH | 1,989 | $77K | 18.8% | 2.8% | <1% | C |
| 3,489 | Mount Pleasant Township OH | 2,165 | $72K | 10.7% | 3.0% | 5% | C |
| 3,490 | Nashville MI | 1,605 | $56K | 9.7% | 1.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,491 | Verona MS | 2,713 | $46K | 21.9% | 3.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Pleasant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Mount Pleasant Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | – | C | B | 32 min | $71,571 |
| Smithfield Township | under 2% | D | D | 33 min | $57,718 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | C− | B+ | 28 min | $54,804 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C | D | 30 min | $69,821 |
| Dillonvale | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Pease Township | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $50,755 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dillonvale: the same community as the dillonvale cdp of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dillonvale. Darker towns draw more of Mount Pleasant 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 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 Mount Pleasant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant Township?
$71,571 (±$17,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant Township?
10.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (11%, 11 mi), Steubenville (5%, 16 mi), Richland Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mount Pleasant Township walkable?
Mount Pleasant Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pleasant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Pleasant Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.