Work & commute · Pleasant

Work & commute in Pleasant, KS

Most working residents leave Pleasant for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (17%), Emporia (13%) and Hampden (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 138 Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant.

138live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant goes to work

Burlington7.8 mi away

17%23

Emporia20.7 mi away

13%18

Hampden11.3 mi away

9%12

New Strawn7.8 mi away

6%8

Topeka56.4 mi away

5%7

Wichita88.3 mi away

4%5

Waverly18.8 mi away

3%4

Lawrence60.3 mi away

2%3

Kansas City87 mi away

2%3

Gridley9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%53

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.

26%

28%

39%

26%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant are

2 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

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Pleasant residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−50%

Jobs based in Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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.