Work & commute · Pleasant

Work & commute in Pleasant, OH

Most working residents leave Pleasant for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Georgetown (16%), Cincinnati (7%) and Mount Orab (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

373 of 2,176 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,803 Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 1,854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant.

1,803live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

1,854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant goes to work

Georgetown1.9 mi away

16%359

Cincinnati38.5 mi away

7%156

Mount Orab13.1 mi away

4%89

Batavia21 mi away

4%89

Union26.9 mi away

4%80

Blue Ash38.3 mi away

4%79

Columbus92.9 mi away

2%53

West Chester44.1 mi away

2%45

Williamsburg16.1 mi away

2%35

Withamsville25.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,162

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.

20%

23%

40%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant are

2,227 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

2,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Pleasant residents hold

2,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 2,291 → 2,227. 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.