Work & commute · Pleasant

Work & commute in Pleasant, IN

Most working residents leave Pleasant for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (41%), Gas City (3%) and Fort Wayne (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 2,720 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,575 Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 1,736 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant.

2,575live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

1,736work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant goes to work

Marion5.4 mi away

41%1,118

Gas City10.9 mi away

3%91

Fort Wayne45.2 mi away

3%86

Kokomo23.1 mi away

2%64

Wabash14.4 mi away

2%56

Center61.4 mi away

2%53

Muncie33.3 mi away

2%49

Washington55 mi away

2%43

Anderson35.8 mi away

1%38

Sweetser3.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,088

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

How far

How far Pleasant commutes

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

50%

12%

15%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant are

1,881 jobs are based in Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasant

1,881 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Pleasant residents hold

2,720 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−20%

Jobs based in Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 2,357 → 1,881. 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.