Pleasant Run has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 23% of workers; Ohio has 13%. 922 jobs are based in Pleasant Run for 2,360 working residents. Pleasant Run grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pleasant Run
Pleasant Run and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Pleasant Run residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Run come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Pleasant Run
23% of Pleasant Run workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Pleasant Run’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Run is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #582 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Pleasant Run’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Run could be anywhere from C to A+.
22% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Pleasant Run clocks in
22% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Pleasant Run
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Run workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,161 commuters (the 23% 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.
In and out of Pleasant Run on a workday
On a workday 2,340 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Pleasant Run on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Jobs in Pleasant Run: what the 922 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Run, 2013 → 2023: 901 → 922. 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 Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pleasant Run 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.
For most of Pleasant Run, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Run is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #799 of 993 in Ohio. 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 2,796 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 2.0% of Pleasant Run households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Run’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pleasant Run is 1,820th of 3,561 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 50 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
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| 1,818 | Reynolds Township MI | 5,687 | $73K | 9.2% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,819 | Green Township OH | 5,163 | $94K | 13.8% | 2.9% | 18% | B− |
| 1,820 | Pleasant Run OH | 5,629 | $80K | 10.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,821 | Le Roy NY | 4,296 | $59K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 14% | B− |
| 1,822 | Junction City OR | 7,224 | $86K | 9.5% | 5.3% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | 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 Run, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Pleasant Run: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Forest Park (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Run workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Run | – | B− | C− | 24 min | $79,537 |
| Forest Park | 2% | B | A− | 24 min | $75,956 |
| Mount Healthy Heights | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $53,346 |
| Pleasant Run Farm | under 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $73,725 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $73,682 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Run’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 Run: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Run?
$79,537 (±$15,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Run?
10.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Run?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Run work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (22%, 11 mi), Fairfield (7%, 3 mi), West Chester Township (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Run walkable?
Pleasant Run is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Run 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 Run, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Run
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.