With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Pleasant works elsewhere
Mount Pleasant has 37 jobs; 119 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mount Pleasant; the top destination outside it is Memphis (19%, 27 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Mount Pleasant by day
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Mount Pleasant on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Mount Pleasant commutes to
Where Mount Pleasant clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
What Mount Pleasant’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 37. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mount Pleasant
of Mount Pleasant workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% 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.
Where in the region Mount Pleasant works
About 17% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant?
$60,267 (±$24,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant?
13.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (19%, 27 mi), Olive Branch (12%, 18 mi), Collierville (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Pleasant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Pleasant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Pleasant
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.