Mount Pleasant is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,708 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 327th largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Mount Pleasant isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Pleasant are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Pleasant is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Pleasant who work in office and administrative support (19.69%), healthcare (8.59%), and sales jobs (8.17%).
Also of interest is that Mount Pleasant has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mount Pleasant is worth considering.
One downside of living in Mount Pleasant is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mount Pleasant, the average commute to work is 32.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Mount Pleasant is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Mount Pleasant who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.93% of the adults in Mount Pleasant have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2018 was $27,757, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,028 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Pleasant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include German, English, Irish, European, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.