Household incomes in Mount Pleasant Township are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Mount Pleasant Township D−; getting around on foot earns it C+. 23.9% of residents live below the poverty line (Missouri 12.6%). About one in three stay in Mount Pleasant Township for work; outside it, Butler is the main destination (29%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mount Pleasant Township
Mount Pleasant Township and Butler trade workers both ways
Butler is the top workplace for Mount Pleasant Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Pleasant Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mount Pleasant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Mount Pleasant Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Pleasant Township is better than 3% of U.S. towns, #241 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mount Pleasant Township’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Pleasant Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Where people from Mount Pleasant Township work
Where Mount Pleasant Township clocks in
29% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 29 minutes each way for Mount Pleasant Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,661 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Mount Pleasant Township’s workers travel
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mount Pleasant Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,199 residents head out to work, 559 work right here, and 1,427 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Mount Pleasant Township’s employers do
1,986 jobs are based in Mount Pleasant Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,200 → 1,986. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Mount Pleasant Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Pleasant Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #204 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.9% of Mount Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Pleasant Township and other U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,565 | Laurel DE | 4,557 | $49K | 34.6% | 15.9% | 5% | D− |
| 3,566 | Ironwood MI | 4,950 | $41K | 17.0% | 11.0% | 33% | D− |
| 3,567 | Mount Pleasant Township MO | 5,093 | $43K | 23.9% | 9.2% | 32% | D− |
| 3,568 | Ainaloa HI | 4,094 | $59K | 26.7% | 17.8% | 0% | D− |
| 3,569 | Leesville LA | 5,210 | $38K | 33.7% | 9.8% | 28% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Pleasant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Around Mount Pleasant Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | – | D− | C+ | 29 min | $43,429 |
| Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Charlotte Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Summit Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mound Township, Charlotte Township and Summit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Pleasant Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mount Pleasant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant Township?
$43,429 (±$6,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant Township?
23.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant Township work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (29%, 1 mi), Harrisonville (7%, 26 mi), Springfield (4%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Pleasant Township walkable?
Mount Pleasant Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pleasant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Pleasant Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.