Photo: Jmpenzone · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Pleasant Township are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 210 jobs in Pleasant Township, and 887 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Pleasant Township itself; outside it, Warren draws the most (41%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pleasant Township: the gist
Much of Pleasant Township works one town over
53% of working residents work in a town that borders Pleasant Township: Warren (41%), Conewango Township (8%) and Brokenstraw Township (4%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Pleasant Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pleasant Township fell from 1,186 in 2013 to 210 in 2023, −82%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Pleasant Township is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Pleasant Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pleasant Township has about 1,500 people in it, 31% 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; with 887 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Pleasant Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Pleasant Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
What Pleasant Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,186 → 210. 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.
A workday in Pleasant Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 867 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pleasant Township 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Pleasant Township ends
Where Pleasant Township clocks in
41% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Pleasant Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 881 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Pleasant Township works
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Pleasant Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 991 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). 1.5% of Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,736th of 5,404: where Pleasant Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 27 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,734 | Township 11 KS | 1,969 | $62K | 2.8% | 1.2% | 36% | B |
| 1,735 | Middlefield NY | 1,870 | $118K | 6.8% | 5.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,736 | Pleasant Township PA | 2,164 | $76K | 6.8% | 2.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,737 | Platteville WI | 1,554 | $82K | 6.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,738 | Calwa CA | 1,862 | $65K | 10.2% | 17.6% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Pleasant Township and its neighbors: 53% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | – | B | B− | 17 min | $75,893 |
| Warren | 41% | C+ | A | 15 min | $53,815 |
| Conewango Township | 8% | C− | B− | 18 min | $57,050 |
| Brokenstraw Township | 4% | D | C+ | 26 min | $49,844 |
| Starbrick | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mead Township | under 2% | D | C | 21 min | $54,076 |
| Watson Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Starbrick: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Watson Township and Deerfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Warren. 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?
$75,893 (±$14,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?
6.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (41%, 4 mi), Conewango Township (8%, 7 mi), Erie (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Township walkable?
Pleasant Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 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 2% 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.