Work & commute · Pleasant Valley

Work & commute in Pleasant Valley, MO

Most working residents leave Pleasant Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (38%), Liberty (9%) and Claycomo (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,454 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,438 Pleasant Valley residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 1,503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Valley.

1,438live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

1,503work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Valley goes to work

Kansas City7.4 mi away

38%553

Liberty3.7 mi away

9%128

Claycomo1.3 mi away

6%85

Kansas City, KS15.4 mi away

6%83

North Kansas City7 mi away

4%62

Independence11.4 mi away

3%47

Lee's Summit21.1 mi away

3%41

Gladstone4.2 mi away

2%29

Overland Park, KS25.3 mi away

2%28

Lenexa, KS24.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%371

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

How far

How far Pleasant Valley commutes

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

46%

37%

46%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Valley are

1,519 jobs are based in Pleasant Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasant Valley

1,519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Pleasant Valley residents hold

1,454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+35%

Jobs based in Pleasant Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,126 → 1,519. 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.