Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Pleasanton (3.0%) is lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Pleasanton itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (27%, 34 miles). For jobs and income Pleasanton is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pleasanton, in a few figures
Pleasanton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pleasanton is San Antonio, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (1,400) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Pleasanton gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Pleasanton’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($65,034, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasanton could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far Pleasanton goes to work
About 30% 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.
Who works in Pleasanton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,270 residents head out to work, 863 work right here, and 3,163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Pleasanton on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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.
The places Pleasanton commutes to
Where Pleasanton clocks in
27% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Pleasanton: 4,026 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasanton, 2013 → 2023: 4,133 → 4,026. 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 Pleasanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Pleasanton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasanton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,971 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Driving is how Pleasanton gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,233 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). 6.0% of Pleasanton households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pleasanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,649th of 2,695: where Pleasanton ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,647 | Redlands CO | 8,868 | $92K | 6.9% | 6.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,648 | Callaway FL | 14,369 | $66K | 9.6% | 3.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,649 | Pleasanton TX | 11,511 | $65K | 12.6% | 3.0% | 17% | B− |
| 1,650 | Quartz Hill CA | 11,510 | $105K | 11.3% | 7.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,651 | Gonzales LA | 13,930 | $75K | 9.0% | 7.9% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Pleasanton, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Pleasanton: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasanton?
$65,034 (±$13,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasanton?
12.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasanton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasanton work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (27%, 34 mi), Jourdanton (6%, 4 mi), Austin (4%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasanton walkable?
Pleasanton is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasanton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasanton
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.