Pleasant Valley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% stay in Pleasant Valley for work; outside it, Tillamook is the main destination (24%, 6 miles). There are 111 jobs in Pleasant Valley; 261 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 13 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pleasant Valley, in a few figures
Pleasant Valley and Tillamook trade workers both ways
Tillamook is the top workplace for Pleasant Valley residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant Valley come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Pleasant Valley are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pleasant Valley goes to work
Where Pleasant Valley clocks in
24% of workers
5% 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 13 minutes each way for Pleasant Valley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Valley workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Pleasant Valley
About 33% 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.
Who works in Pleasant Valley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Pleasant Valley on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
74% of the jobs in Pleasant Valley pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Valley, 2014 → 2024: 41 → 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 Pleasant Valley’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 Pleasant Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Valley?
$112,500 (±$87,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Valley?
1.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Valley?
13 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tillamook (24%, 6 mi), Portland (8%, 57 mi), Salem (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pleasant Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Valley
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.