Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Pleasant Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
673 jobs are based in Pleasant Township, against 3,141 working residents. The two grades for Pleasant Township are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 3% work in Pleasant Township; the top destination outside it is Columbus (43%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pleasant Township, in a few figures
Much of Pleasant Township works one town over
52% of working residents work in a town that borders Pleasant Township: Columbus (43%) and Grove City (9%). Next door ↓
Pleasant Township is a place people come home to
There are 673 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 4,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasant Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pleasant Township went from 477 in 2014 to 673 in 2024, +41%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pleasant Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #159 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In and out of Pleasant Township on a workday
On a workday 3,056 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 588 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
67% of the jobs in Pleasant Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2014 → 2024: 477 → 673. 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.
Where the trip to work from Pleasant Township ends
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
43% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Pleasant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 2,939 commuters (the 10% 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.
The commute from Pleasant Township, by distance
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.
In Pleasant Township, the car does most of the work
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, #870 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 3,267 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pleasant Township is 491st of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 489 | Olmsted Falls OH | 8,669 | $97K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 490 | New Hartford CT | 6,748 | $110K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| 491 | Pleasant Township OH | 6,589 | $90K | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3% | A |
| 492 | Mills River NC | 7,504 | $105K | 2.6% | 2.8% | 9% | A |
| 493 | Middlebury CT | 8,093 | $133K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | 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.
Pleasant Township and its neighbors: 52% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | A | D | 27 min | $90,288 |
| Columbus | 43% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $73,793 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $91,817 |
| Darby Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $93,419 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $106,050 |
| Scioto Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 28 min | $94,663 |
| Grove City | 9% | A | B+ | 22 min | $93,161 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 24 min | $82,300 |
| Harrisburg | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Orient | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrisburg and Orient: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. 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?
$90,288 (±$14,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
3.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (43%, 14 mi), Grove City (9%, 7 mi), Dublin (4%, 17 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 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.