Work & commute · Pleasant Vale

Work & commute in Pleasant Vale, IL

Most working residents leave Pleasant Vale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (16%), Springfield (7%) and Quincy (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 219 Pleasant Vale residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Vale.

219live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Vale goes to work

Pittsfield13.8 mi away

16%35

Springfield76.5 mi away

7%16

Quincy27 mi away

7%15

Louisiana, MO12.8 mi away

6%14

Pleasant Hill16.3 mi away

3%7

Decatur114.4 mi away

3%6

Ellington28.6 mi away

3%6

Mount Sterling29.6 mi away

2%5

Hannibal, MO18.6 mi away

2%5

Griggsville18.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%110

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

How far

How far Pleasant Vale commutes

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

40%

20%

36%

5%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Vale is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Vale are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Vale

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Pleasant Vale residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+55%

Jobs based in Pleasant Vale, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 48. 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.