Most of Pleasant Grove commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
296 jobs are based in Pleasant Grove; 761 of its residents have a job. Pleasant Grove grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pleasant Grove in brief
Where Pleasant Grove’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Pleasant Grove is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Pleasant Grove’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Pleasant Grove’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, Pleasant Grove could be anywhere from D to B−.
25% of working residents work in Zanesville
Where Pleasant Grove clocks in
25% of workers
9% 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.
Pleasant Grove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 754 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Pleasant Grove on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
What Pleasant Grove’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Grove, 2014 → 2024: 165 → 296. 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 Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Pleasant Grove, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 568 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Pleasant Grove’s workers travel
About 24% 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 Pleasant Grove is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Grove is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 609 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). 1.2% of Pleasant Grove households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Pleasant Grove comes 4,306th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,304 | Brushcreek Township OH | 1,439 | $66K | 12.6% | 3.1% | <1% | C− |
| 4,305 | Tesuque NM | 1,079 | $56K | 18.4% | 19.5% | 2% | C− |
| 4,306 | Pleasant Grove OH | 1,436 | $54K | 22.1% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,307 | Tutwiler MS | 1,649 | $34K | 9.0% | 19.3% | 4% | C− |
| 4,308 | Forest City PA | 1,741 | $57K | 16.9% | 7.4% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door is work for 27% of Pleasant Grove
The biggest share goes to Zanesville (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | – | C− | C− | 26 min | $54,038 |
| Zanesville | 25% | D | B+ | 23 min | $43,280 |
| Wayne Township | 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $78,718 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Grove’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 Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Grove?
$54,038 (±$23,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Grove?
22.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Grove?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Zanesville (25%, 3 mi), Columbus (9%, 54 mi), Washington Township (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pleasant Grove walkable?
Pleasant Grove is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Grove
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.