Work & commute · Point Pleasant

Work & commute in Point Pleasant, IL

Most working residents leave Point Pleasant for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Monmouth (15%), Macomb (13%) and Roseville (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Point Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Pleasant.

67live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Pleasant goes to work

Monmouth17.1 mi away

15%10

Macomb14.5 mi away

13%9

Roseville5.1 mi away

9%6

Galesburg26.5 mi away

6%4

Peoria58.6 mi away

6%4

Abingdon19.4 mi away

4%3

Burlington, IA22.5 mi away

4%3

Stronghurst10.5 mi away

3%2

Havana44.1 mi away

3%2

Rock Island55.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%23

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

How far

How far Point Pleasant commutes

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

12%

50%

10%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Pleasant is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Pleasant are

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

Jobs based in Point Pleasant

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Point Pleasant residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+70%

Jobs based in Point Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 117. 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.