Pleasant View’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Pleasant View itself; outside it, Ogden draws the most (24%, 7 miles). Poverty touches 2.4% of residents; Utah has 8.5%. Jobs and income earn Pleasant View A; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pleasant View
Pleasant View trades workers with the towns around it
Pleasant View has about as many jobs (4,319) as working residents (5,003), but they are mostly different people: 4,732 residents leave for work each day while 4,048 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Pleasant View are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Pleasant View makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Pleasant View are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pleasant View residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Pleasant View and Ogden trade workers both ways
Ogden is the top workplace for Pleasant View residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Pleasant View come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pleasant View has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pleasant View went from 3,009 in 2013 to 4,319 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Pleasant View earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant View is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #39 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pleasant View could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 4,732 residents head out to work, 271 work right here, and 4,048 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 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.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Pleasant View
4,319 jobs are based in Pleasant View.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant View, 2013 → 2023: 3,009 → 4,319. 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 View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Pleasant View: the destinations
Where Pleasant View clocks in
24% 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Pleasant View
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant View workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,413 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Pleasant View to work
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.
In Pleasant View, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant View is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #83 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,462 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 49% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Pleasant View households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pleasant View’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Pleasant View comes 544th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 78 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 542 | Monroe Township OH | 8,115 | $90K | 6.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| 543 | Fair Oaks Ranch TX | 12,025 | $174K | 2.4% | 5.8% | 2% | A |
| 544 | Pleasant View UT | 11,423 | $129K | 2.4% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 545 | Winfield Township IN | 14,879 | $133K | 4.7% | 3.5% | 4% | A |
| 546 | Freetown MA | 9,443 | $144K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | 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 Pleasant View, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work in the towns next to Pleasant View
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | – | A | B | 24 min | $129,462 |
| North Ogden | 5% | A | A− | 25 min | $113,722 |
| Harrisville | under 3% | A | B | 21 min | $88,750 |
| Farr West | 3% | A | B | 21 min | $127,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Ogden. Darker towns draw more of Pleasant View’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 View: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant View?
$129,462 (±$12,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant View?
2.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant View?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant View work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (24%, 7 mi), Salt Lake City (9%, 38 mi), North Ogden (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant View walkable?
Pleasant View is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant View without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant View
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.