Work & commute · Pleasant Mound

Work & commute in Pleasant Mound, IL

Most working residents leave Pleasant Mound for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (20%), Highland (7%) and Vandalia (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 327 Pleasant Mound residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Mound.

327live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Mound goes to work

Greenville3.6 mi away

20%64

Highland20.9 mi away

7%23

Vandalia13.2 mi away

5%16

Springfield65.4 mi away

5%16

Breese21.2 mi away

2%7

Chicago221.9 mi away

2%7

Effingham44.7 mi away

2%6

St. Louis, MO52.4 mi away

2%6

Mills8.1 mi away

2%6

Mulberry Grove6.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%171

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

How far

How far Pleasant Mound commutes

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

25%

21%

24%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Mound is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Mound are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Mound

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pleasant Mound residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+6%

Jobs based in Pleasant Mound, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 34. 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.