Work & commute · Pleasant Ridge

Work & commute in Pleasant Ridge, IL

Most working residents leave Pleasant Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Forrest (12%), Pontiac (6%) and Gibson City (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 120 Pleasant Ridge residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Ridge.

120live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Ridge goes to work

Forrest3.1 mi away

12%14

Pontiac13.6 mi away

6%7

Gibson City22.8 mi away

5%6

Bloomington36.6 mi away

5%6

Fairbury6.3 mi away

4%5

Watseka35.8 mi away

4%5

Chatsworth7.8 mi away

3%4

Danville61.8 mi away

3%4

Champaign47.6 mi away

3%4

Chatsworth8.3 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%62

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

How far

How far Pleasant Ridge commutes

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

31%

20%

18%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Ridge is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Ridge

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Pleasant Ridge residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+191%

Jobs based in Pleasant Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 64. 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.