Work & commute · Pleasantville

Work & commute in Pleasantville, NY

Most working residents leave Pleasantville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (31%), Mount Pleasant (15%) and Greenburgh (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

263 of 3,210 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,947 Pleasantville residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 3,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasantville.

2,947live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

3,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasantville goes to work

New York33.5 mi away

31%1,006

Mount Pleasant2.2 mi away

15%466

Greenburgh7.8 mi away

5%158

White Plains7.8 mi away

5%147

Yonkers13.7 mi away

2%79

Harrison8.3 mi away

2%68

New Castle3.4 mi away

2%62

North Castle4.9 mi away

2%51

Greenwich, CT9.9 mi away

2%49

Ossining4.1 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,076

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

How far

How far Pleasantville commutes

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

35%

24%

35%

35%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasantville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasantville are

3,526 jobs are based in Pleasantville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasantville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasantville

3,526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pleasantville residents hold

3,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+11%

Jobs based in Pleasantville, 2013 → 2023: 3,180 → 3,526. 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.