Work & commute · Pleasant Hill

Work & commute in Pleasant Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Pleasant Hill for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (13%), Quincy (9%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 513 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 483 Pleasant Hill residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Hill.

483live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Hill goes to work

Pittsfield11.4 mi away

13%69

Quincy44 mi away

9%44

Springfield68.9 mi away

7%34

Pleasant Hill1 mi away

5%27

Louisiana, MO11 mi away

5%24

Hannibal, MO34.4 mi away

3%17

Mount Sterling38 mi away

3%14

Pittsfield12.5 mi away

3%14

Chicago234.6 mi away

3%13

Ellington45.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%245

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

How far

How far Pleasant Hill commutes

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

14%

28%

25%

34%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Hill is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Hill are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Hill

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pleasant Hill residents hold

513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Pleasant Hill, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 209. 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.