With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant Plain works elsewhere
There are 8 jobs in Pleasant Plain, against 70 working residents. Hardly any work in Pleasant Plain; the top destination outside it is Mason (9%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 36% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Pleasant Plain, and who commutes in
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Pleasant Plain on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Commuting out of Pleasant Plain: the destinations
Where Pleasant Plain clocks in
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Pleasant Plain’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Plain, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 8. 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 Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pleasant Plain spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Plain workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 36% 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 many miles Pleasant Plain commutes
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.
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 Plain: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Plain?
$97,250 (±$29,942) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Plain?
3.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Plain?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Plain work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mason (9%, 11 mi), Cincinnati (9%, 23 mi), Lebanon (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant Plain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Plain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Plain
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.