Work & commute · Pleasantville

Work & commute in Pleasantville, IA

Most working residents leave Pleasantville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (25%), Knoxville (7%) and West Des Moines (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

100 of 855 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 755 Pleasantville residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasantville.

755live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasantville goes to work

Des Moines21.7 mi away

25%210

Pleasantville (in town)right here

12%100

Knoxville10 mi away

7%60

West Des Moines28.6 mi away

7%56

Ankeny29.2 mi away

4%31

Indianola15.3 mi away

3%25

Pella18.5 mi away

3%23

Urbandale31.4 mi away

2%19

Johnston31.5 mi away

2%17

Altoona21.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%298

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Pleasantville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

46%

26%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasantville is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasantville are

407 jobs are based in Pleasantville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasantville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasantville

407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Pleasantville residents hold

855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+9%

Jobs based in Pleasantville, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 407. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.