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Work & commute in Pleasant Grove · A commuter town

100% of Pleasant Grove’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Pleasant Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (25%), Topeka (14%) and Neodesha (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 28 working residents
Typical commute
33 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
58%
More than KS (12%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Pleasant Grove?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Pleasant Grove

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
58%

of Pleasant Grove workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 6 in 10
The commute map

25% of working residents work in Eureka

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Moline: 1 residents work here (4%)Neodesha: 2 residents work here (7%)Eureka: 7 residents work here (25%)Fredonia: 1 residents work here (4%)Chanute: 1 residents work here (4%)Salina: 1 residents work here (4%)Shawnee: 2 residents work here (7%)Wichita: 1 residents work here (4%)Topeka: 4 residents work here (14%)Olathe: 2 residents work here (7%)Fall RiverVerdigrisPleasant GroveQuincySalt SpringsTorontoBachelorEurekaTopekaNeodeshaShawneeOlatheMolinePleasant Grove
1
Eureka14.2 mi away
25%7
2
Topeka88.5 mi away
14%4
3
Neodesha31.2 mi away
7%2
4
Shawnee108.3 mi away
7%2
5
Olathe100.6 mi away
7%2
6
Moline32.4 mi away
4%1
7
Fredonia20.7 mi away
4%1
8
Chanute32.1 mi away
4%1
9
Salina111.4 mi away
4%1
10
Wichita72.1 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%6
The top trips

Where Pleasant Grove clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Pleasant Grove quiets down on a workday

On a workday 28 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

28live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night37
Workday9
37live here− 28head out to work+ 0come in to work= 9on a workday

About 9 people are in Pleasant Grove on a workday afternoon, 76% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Pleasant Grove commutes less than 33 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEureka: 25% · 14.2 miTopeka: 14% · 88.5 miNeodesha: 7% · 31.2 miShawnee: 7% · 108.3 miOlathe: 7% · 100.6 miMoline: 4% · 32.4 miFredonia: 4% · 20.7 miChanute: 4% · 32.1 miSalina: 4% · 111.4 miWichita: 4% · 72.1 miEureka 25%Topeka 14%Neodesha 7%Shawnee 7%Olathe 7%Pleasant Grove
Pleasant GroveTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
36%10–24 mi10 residents
14%25–50 mi4 residents
46%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 46% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Pleasant Grove and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Grove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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