Mount Pleasant is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 8,581 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 46th largest community in Iowa.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.81% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.05 minutes getting to work every day.
Mount Pleasant is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Mount Pleasant overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Mount Pleasant, 23.54% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $28,670, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,680 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Pleasant is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Pleasant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Pleasant also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.