Work & commute · Pleasanton

Work & commute in Pleasanton, KS

Most working residents leave Pleasanton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mound City (8%), Potosi (7%) and Fort Scott (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 410 Pleasanton residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasanton.

410live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasanton goes to work

Mound City6.8 mi away

8%36

Potosi1.1 mi away

7%31

Pleasanton (in town)right here

7%30

Fort Scott24.2 mi away

5%21

Wichita147.9 mi away

4%18

Paola29 mi away

4%16

Arkansas City148.7 mi away

4%16

Topeka79.8 mi away

3%15

Olathe49 mi away

3%14

Overland Park49.1 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%230

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

How far

How far Pleasanton commutes

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

26%

24%

40%

26%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasanton is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasanton are

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

Jobs based in Pleasanton

273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pleasanton residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−18%

Jobs based in Pleasanton, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 273. 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.