Photo: ChristopherM · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Pleasant Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
616 jobs are based in Pleasant Township; 2,867 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Pleasant Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Pleasant Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pleasant Township: the figures worth knowing
Pleasant Township and Lancaster trade workers both ways
Lancaster is the top workplace for Pleasant Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pleasant Township is a place people come home to
There are 616 jobs based in Pleasant Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Township has about 4,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Pleasant Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #446 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Pleasant Township’s grade up ($107,052, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
24% of working residents work in Lancaster
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
24% of workers
23% of workers
2% 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.
How a workday changes Pleasant Township
On a workday 2,800 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Pleasant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,936 commuters (the 13% 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.
34% of the jobs in Pleasant Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2014 → 2024: 503 → 616. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pleasant Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Pleasant Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #866 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Pleasant Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,372 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). 1.5% of Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pleasant Township next to U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700: 1,372nd of 3,306 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,370 | Woods Creek WA | 6,943 | $157K | 9.3% | 4.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,371 | Mount Pleasant Township IL | 4,638 | $74K | 7.0% | 1.8% | 24% | B |
| 1,372 | Pleasant Township OH | 6,441 | $107K | 7.6% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,373 | Jackson Township PA | 6,500 | $87K | 5.9% | 3.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,374 | Tanglewilde WA | 6,314 | $101K | 7.0% | 6.5% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Pleasant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 26% of Pleasant Township
The biggest share goes to Lancaster (24%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | B | D | 30 min | $107,052 |
| Lancaster | 24% | C+ | B+ | 28 min | $59,133 |
| Greenfield Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $86,292 |
| Berne Township | under 2% | B | C− | 28 min | $83,463 |
| Walnut Township | under 2% | B | C | 32 min | $75,363 |
| Rush Creek Township | under 2% | B− | D | 38 min | $86,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of 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 Pleasant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Township?
$107,052 (±$10,972) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
7.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (24%, 5 mi), Columbus (23%, 28 mi), Greenfield Township (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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.