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

24 of 393 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 369 Pleasant Hill residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Hill.

369live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Hill goes to work

Pittsfield11.4 mi away

13%51

Quincy43.3 mi away

9%34

Springfield69.7 mi away

7%28

Pleasant Hill (in town)right here

6%24

Louisiana, MO10.1 mi away

6%22

Pittsfield12.3 mi away

3%12

Hannibal, MO33.5 mi away

3%10

Mount Sterling37.9 mi away

2%9

Atlas10 mi away

2%9

Ellington44.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%185

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.

13%

30%

24%

33%

13%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Hill is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Hill are

182 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

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Pleasant Hill residents hold

393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−12%

Jobs based in Pleasant Hill, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 182. 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.