Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Pleasant Township are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
Pleasant Township grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Poverty touches 30.3% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. 7% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pleasant Township: the figures worth knowing
Pleasant Township trades workers with the towns around it
Pleasant Township has about as many jobs (2,227) as working residents (2,176), but they are mostly different people: 1,803 residents leave for work each day while 1,854 people come in. Only 17% of the jobs in Pleasant Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pleasant Township and Georgetown trade workers both ways
Georgetown is the top workplace for Pleasant Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Township come from (14% of its jobs). 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.
Why Pleasant Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #966 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Pleasant Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
How a workday changes Pleasant Township
On a workday 1,803 residents head out to work, 373 work right here, and 1,854 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
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 long Pleasant Township spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 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 1,970 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.
16% of working residents work in Georgetown
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Pleasant Township
2,227 jobs are based in Pleasant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,291 → 2,227. 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.
How far it is to work from Pleasant Township
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Pleasant Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #422 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of 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 2,117 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). 11.0% 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.
How Pleasant Township compares with U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,248 | Willows CA | 6,116 | $64K | 19.3% | 8.4% | 23% | D |
| 3,249 | Hugo OK | 5,082 | $34K | 29.9% | 4.4% | 31% | D |
| 3,250 | Pleasant Township OH | 5,671 | $50K | 30.3% | 4.7% | 17% | D |
| 3,251 | Indiantown FL | 6,826 | $56K | 23.3% | 7.2% | 8% | D |
| 3,252 | Franklin PA | 5,899 | $47K | 17.3% | 8.5% | 24% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | 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.
16% of Pleasant Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | D | B− | 35 min | $49,784 |
| Lewis Township | under 2% | D | D− | 37 min | $70,000 |
| Union Township | under 2% | D− | B | 34 min | $52,500 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C | C | 27 min | $92,827 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | C | D− | 36 min | $74,274 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 31 min | $78,625 |
| Georgetown | 16% | D | B | 36 min | $41,607 |
| Scott Township | under 2% | C− | D | 34 min | $60,882 |
| Higginsport | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Higginsport: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Georgetown. 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?
$49,784 (±$14,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
30.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
35 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?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Georgetown (16%, 2 mi), Cincinnati (7%, 38 mi), Mount Orab (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% 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.