Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Pleasant Township (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Pleasant Township for work; outside it, Findlay is the main destination (34%, 11 miles). Pleasant Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pleasant Township
Pleasant Township makes and builds things
90% of the jobs based in Pleasant Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pleasant Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Pleasant Township is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Pleasant Township (Van Buren Township, Portage Township, Jackson Township and Blanchard Township) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Pleasant Township has 1.7 per resident. Next door ↓
Pleasant Township and Findlay trade workers both ways
Findlay is the top workplace for Pleasant Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Pleasant Township workers work from home
Only 1% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Pleasant Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Pleasant Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The jobs
1,829 jobs are based in Pleasant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,164 → 1,829. 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.
Who travels to work in Pleasant Township, and from where
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
34% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Pleasant Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 1,140 commuters (the 1% 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 daily flow of workers through Pleasant Township
On a workday 1,013 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 1,773 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 commute from Pleasant Township, by distance
About 19% 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.
Getting around Pleasant Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,156 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 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 next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100: 1,579th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Marietta PA | 2,931 | $54K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,578 | Oxford Township NJ | 2,469 | $103K | 4.8% | 6.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,579 | Pleasant Township OH | 2,333 | $73K | 7.7% | 1.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,580 | Gibsonburg OH | 2,462 | $75K | 10.6% | 2.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,581 | Leicester NY | 2,064 | $80K | 2.8% | 4.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Pleasant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Pleasant Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | B | C | 20 min | $73,023 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $72,717 |
| Portage Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Blanchard Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Portage Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Blanchard Township: not graded. 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?
$73,023 (±$10,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
7.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (34%, 11 mi), Allen Township (8%, 9 mi), McComb (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township 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 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.