Work & commute · Pleasant

Work & commute in Pleasant, IN

Most working residents leave Pleasant for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (16%), Center (15%) and Perry (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4,870 of 29,223 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,353 Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 4,870 work right here, and 26,551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant.

24,353live here, work elsewhere

4,870live and work here

26,551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant goes to work

Greenwood1.5 mi away

16%4,685

Center13.6 mi away

15%4,466

Perry7.3 mi away

6%1,819

Franklin6.5 mi away

5%1,471

Wayne15.8 mi away

4%1,293

Warren13.9 mi away

4%1,114

Franklin7.9 mi away

4%1,099

Columbus27.5 mi away

3%953

Washington20.4 mi away

3%828

Pike22.2 mi away

3%761

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%10,734

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.

38%

42%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant are

31,421 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

31,421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pleasant residents hold

29,223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+52%

Jobs based in Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 20,673 → 31,421. 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.