With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant Gap works elsewhere
Employers in Pleasant Gap report 372 jobs for 1,308 working residents. Only 1% work in Pleasant Gap itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (27%, 5 miles). 6% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pleasant Gap stands out on work
Most Pleasant Gap residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Pleasant Gap are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Pleasant Gap is a place people come home to
There are 372 jobs based in Pleasant Gap, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Gap has about 2,300 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How many miles Pleasant Gap commutes
About 17% 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.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Pleasant Gap
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Gap workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,629 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Pleasant Gap: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,294 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Pleasant Gap on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Pleasant Gap: the destinations
Where Pleasant Gap clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Pleasant Gap
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Gap, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 372. 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 Gap’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 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 Gap: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Gap?
$69,536 (±$17,745) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Gap?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Gap?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Gap work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (27%, 5 mi), State College (9%, 8 mi), Bellefonte (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant Gap without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Gap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Gap
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.