Photo: User:Postdlf · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Pleasant Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Pleasant Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 734 jobs in Pleasant Township, against 1,571 working residents. Measured by household income, Pleasant Township is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant Township and work: the main findings
Pleasant Township makes and builds things
64% 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 22%. The jobs ↓
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 ↓
29% of Pleasant Township works in Columbus
463 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Columbus, 24 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Pleasant Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pleasant Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #265 of 992 in Ohio. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pleasant Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate 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+.
Pleasant Township makes things: 64% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 734. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Pleasant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 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 1,451 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.
29% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
29% of workers
8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Pleasant Township
On a workday 1,440 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 603 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How far Pleasant Township goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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 22% of U.S. towns, #748 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 1,560 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). 4.8% 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.
806th of 4,402: where Pleasant Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 804 | Deerfield Township MI | 4,102 | $105K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 805 | Sisco Heights WA | 3,015 | $119K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 806 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,378 | $100K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 8% | A− |
| 807 | Goose Creek Village VA | 2,461 | $199K | 13.7% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| 808 | South Beach FL | 3,063 | $194K | 4.7% | 6.3% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
The towns around Pleasant Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | A− | C− | 30 min | $100,000 |
| Darby Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $93,419 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $106,050 |
| Range Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 43 min | $89,196 |
| Oak Run Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Range Township and Oak Run Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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 2023, 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?
$100,000 (±$22,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
7.5%, 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. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (29%, 24 mi), Mount Sterling (8%, 2 mi), Grove City (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 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 5% 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), 2023, 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.