Work & commute · Pleasanton

Work & commute in Pleasanton, MI

Most working residents leave Pleasanton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Manistee (9%), Bear Lake (6%) and Traverse City (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Pleasanton residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasanton.

283live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasanton goes to work

Manistee13.8 mi away

9%26

Bear Lake6 mi away

6%18

Traverse City32.7 mi away

5%15

Benzonia13.2 mi away

5%14

Garfield30.3 mi away

5%14

Gilmore9.4 mi away

4%13

Arcadia3.6 mi away

4%12

Weldon9 mi away

4%12

Frankfort12.8 mi away

3%10

Manistee18.2 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%149

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.

27%

29%

19%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasanton is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasanton are

80 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

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Pleasanton residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+67%

Jobs based in Pleasanton, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 80. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.