Work & commute · Pleasant Hill

Work & commute in Pleasant Hill, MO

Most working residents leave Pleasant Hill for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (21%), Lee's Summit (15%) and Overland Park (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

473 of 4,050 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 3,577 Pleasant Hill residents head out of town to work, 473 work right here, and 1,609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Hill.

3,577live here, work elsewhere

473live and work here

1,609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Hill goes to work

Kansas City26.7 mi away

21%831

Lee's Summit10 mi away

15%596

Pleasant Hill (in town)right here

12%473

Overland Park, KS23.1 mi away

4%160

Independence19.9 mi away

4%152

Harrisonville11.4 mi away

3%110

Kansas City, KS33.4 mi away

3%107

Lenexa, KS30.5 mi away

2%100

Blue Springs14.4 mi away

2%97

Grandview14.4 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,336

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

How far

How far Pleasant Hill commutes

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

22%

46%

22%

10%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Hill is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Hill are

2,082 jobs are based in Pleasant Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasant Hill

2,082 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pleasant Hill residents hold

4,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+49%

Jobs based in Pleasant Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,397 → 2,082. 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.