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Work & commute in Pleasant View · A commuter town

99% of Pleasant View’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Pleasant View for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (10%), Parks (6%) and Allegheny (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
1%
3 of 289 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
34 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
7%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
35
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Pleasant View?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in Pittsburgh

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

ChicagoManorvilleApolloLeechburgVandergriftNew Kensington: 6 residents work here (2%)Lower BurrellMonroeville: 7 residents work here (2%)Murrysville: 10 residents work here (3%)Pittsburgh: 28 residents work here (10%)Hempfield: 5 residents work here (2%)Allegheny: 14 residents work here (5%)Washington: 13 residents work here (4%)O'Hara: 7 residents work here (2%)Upper Burrell: 8 residents work here (3%)North BuffaloDerryParks: 17 residents work here (6%)GilpinKiskimereNorth VandergriftPleasant ViewPittsburghParksAlleghenyWashingtonMurrysvilleUpper BurrellPleasant View
1
Pittsburgh24.1 mi away
10%28
2
Parks2.6 mi away
6%17
3
Allegheny3.4 mi away
5%14
4
Washington6.6 mi away
4%13
5
Murrysville12.3 mi away
3%10
6
Upper Burrell6.7 mi away
3%8
7
Monroeville16 mi away
2%7
8
O'Hara17.6 mi away
2%7
9
New Kensington9.7 mi away
2%6
10
Hempfield22.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%174
The top trips

Where Pleasant View clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
260 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pleasant View34 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Pleasant View workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Pleasant View quiets down on a workday

On a workday 286 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.

286live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
32work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night810
Workday560
810live here− 290head out to work+ 32come in to work= 560on a workday

About 560 people are in Pleasant View on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Pleasant View commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPittsburgh: 10% · 24.1 miParks: 6% · 2.6 miAllegheny: 5% · 3.4 miWashington: 4% · 6.6 miMurrysville: 3% · 12.3 miUpper Burrell: 3% · 6.7 miMonroeville: 2% · 16 miO'Hara: 2% · 17.6 miNew Kensington: 2% · 9.7 miHempfield: 2% · 22.6 miPittsburgh 10%Parks 6%Allegheny 5%Washington 4%Murrysville 3%Pleasant View
Pleasant ViewTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi94 residents
38%10–24 mi110 residents
18%25–50 mi52 residents
11%Over 50 mi33 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

66% of the jobs in Pleasant View pay over $3,333 a month

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

Jobs based in Pleasant ViewJobs Pleasant View residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%30%
Trade, transport & utilities69%22%
Services: health, schools, offices31%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%29%
Over $3,333 a month66%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%19%
30 to 5457%53%
55 and older43%28%
−44%

Jobs based in Pleasant View, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 35. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

11% of Pleasant View works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Parks (6%). Darker towns draw more of Pleasant View’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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