Work & commute · Pleasant Hope

Work & commute in Pleasant Hope, MO

Most working residents leave Pleasant Hope for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (38%), Bolivar (12%) and Kansas City (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 279 Pleasant Hope residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Hope.

279live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Hope goes to work

Springfield18.7 mi away

38%109

Bolivar12.3 mi away

12%35

Kansas City133.9 mi away

3%8

Pleasant Hope (in town)right here

2%6

St. Louis183.6 mi away

2%5

Columbia114.6 mi away

2%5

Buffalo15.8 mi away

1%4

Jefferson City96.8 mi away

1%4

Halfway10.8 mi away

1%3

Fair Grove8.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%103

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

How far

How far Pleasant Hope commutes

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

60%

24%

9%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Hope 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 Pleasant Hope are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Hope

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Pleasant Hope residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−2%

Jobs based in Pleasant Hope, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 177. 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.