Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPleasantville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Pleasantville; the top destination outside it is Columbus (25%, 27 miles). Pleasantville has 111 jobs, against 454 working residents. For 6% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pleasantville: the gist
Pleasantville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pleasantville is Columbus, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (112) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pleasantville is a place people come home to
There are 111 jobs based in Pleasantville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasantville has about 620 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasantville 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 ↓
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; with 454 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Pleasantville, by distance
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.
A workday in Pleasantville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Pleasantville on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Pleasantville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasantville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 387 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.
Out of Pleasantville to work: where people go
Where Pleasantville clocks in
25% of workers
16% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pleasantville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasantville, 2014 → 2024: 77 → 111. 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 Pleasantville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Pleasantville: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasantville?
$66,731 (±$13,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasantville?
20.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasantville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasantville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (25%, 27 mi), Lancaster (16%, 7 mi), Greenfield Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pleasantville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasantville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasantville
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.