Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Pleasant Township have lower incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 12.3% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. Measured by household income, Pleasant Township is behind 72% of U.S. towns. Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pleasant Township, in a few figures
Pleasant Township and Van Wert trade workers both ways
Van Wert is the top workplace for Pleasant Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Pleasant Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Pleasant Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Pleasant Township makes and builds things
35% 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 ↓
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.
The figures behind Pleasant Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #783 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Pleasant Township’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,292, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
37% of working residents work in Van Wert
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
37% 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 trip from Pleasant Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 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 5,139 commuters (the 3% 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.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Pleasant Township
7,357 jobs are based in Pleasant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2014 → 2024: 6,948 → 7,357. 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.
Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,280 residents head out to work, 2,007 work right here, and 5,350 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Pleasant Township
About 20% 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.
Pleasant Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #131 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 5,290 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). 5.6% 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 8,000 to 15,000: 1,859th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,857 | Henderson TX | 13,496 | $61K | 14.9% | 4.2% | 27% | C |
| 1,858 | Montague MA | 8,377 | $71K | 11.5% | 5.1% | 14% | C |
| 1,859 | Pleasant Township OH | 10,983 | $61K | 12.3% | 4.7% | 38% | C |
| 1,860 | Fort Lupton CO | 10,402 | $81K | 17.6% | 8.4% | 9% | C |
| 1,861 | Harvard IL | 9,504 | $68K | 11.8% | 7.6% | 13% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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.
Work next door: 37% of Pleasant Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | C | A− | 17 min | $61,292 |
| Ridge Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 18 min | $75,978 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $68,007 |
| Van Wert | 37% | C | B+ | 16 min | $55,113 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 25 min | $88,825 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Van Wert. 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?
$61,292 (±$6,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
12.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
38% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (37%, 3 mi), Fort Wayne (4%, 31 mi), Hoaglin Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.