Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Historic District · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mount Pleasant top those of 69% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 6.6% of residents, next to 13.0% for North Carolina as a whole. For jobs and income Mount Pleasant is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Pleasant is Charlotte, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (208) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Mount Pleasant
60% of Mount Pleasant residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Mount Pleasant pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Mount Pleasant pay little
26% of the jobs based in Mount Pleasant pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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; with 879 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Mount Pleasant earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Pleasant could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Mount Pleasant’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
Jobs in Mount Pleasant: what the 706 are
706 jobs are based in Mount Pleasant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 706. 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.
Who leaves Mount Pleasant for work, and who comes in
On a workday 855 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 682 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Mount Pleasant on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
24% of working residents work in Charlotte
Where Mount Pleasant clocks in
24% of workers
24% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Mount Pleasant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 865 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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.
Mount Pleasant is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.9% across North Carolina, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,043 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Mount Pleasant households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Pleasant’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,092nd of 5,656: where Mount Pleasant ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,090 | Fleming NY | 2,400 | $92K | 4.3% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,091 | Valley Township PA | 2,107 | $115K | 9.1% | 3.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,092 | Mount Pleasant NC | 1,816 | $91K | 6.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,093 | Monterey Township OH | 2,061 | $87K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,094 | Independence Township PA | 2,236 | $93K | 12.9% | 2.4% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Mount Pleasant’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | – | B+ | B− | 26 min | $90,795 |
| Concord | 24% | B | B | 27 min | $86,921 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Concord. Darker towns draw more of Mount Pleasant’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: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant?
$90,795 (±$14,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant?
6.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (24%, 26 mi), Concord (24%, 12 mi), Albemarle (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Pleasant walkable?
Mount Pleasant is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pleasant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.