Work & commute · Pleasant

Work & commute in Pleasant, OH

About one in 3 of Pleasant’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Van Wert (38%), Fort Wayne (5%) and Hoaglin (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

1,961 of 5,198 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,237 Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 1,961 work right here, and 5,358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant.

3,237live here, work elsewhere

1,961live and work here

5,358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant goes to work

Van Wert2.7 mi away

38%1,987

Fort Wayne, IN30.6 mi away

5%243

Hoaglin8.2 mi away

3%179

Lima28.8 mi away

2%114

Decatur, IN15.2 mi away

2%97

Columbus105.9 mi away

2%91

Ridge6.2 mi away

1%75

Delphos15.9 mi away

1%70

Shawnee27.2 mi away

1%61

Celina21.5 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,222

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

How far

How far Pleasant commutes

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

47%

16%

18%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant are

7,319 jobs are based in Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasant

7,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Pleasant residents hold

5,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 6,858 → 7,319. 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.