Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Mount Pleasant Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living, an A+ for history, and an A for civic life; the weakest is a D for health. Mount Pleasant Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On the outdoors, just 48 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Mount Pleasant Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mount Pleasant Township beats most towns.
Where Mount Pleasant Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Mount Pleasant Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 246 in 1810, a peak of 760 in 1950, 394 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1857 and 4 maps from 1905 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Pleasant Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Pleasant Township.
Mount Pleasant Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 44% of adults have high blood pressure in Mount Pleasant Township, against 38% in Ohio’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 16% of Mount Pleasant Township adults have diabetes.
| Mount Pleasant Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mount Pleasant Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.1% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Mount Pleasant Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Mount Pleasant Township has lost 43 jobs, to 190 in 2023. The top destinations are Wheeling (11%), Steubenville (6%) and Richland Township (5%).
| Mount Pleasant Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mount Pleasant Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. Mount Pleasant Township’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Mount Pleasant Township has lost 3.3% of its people since 2020, down to 2,165 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Mount Pleasant Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Mount Pleasant Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.6% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11.7% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
88% of households own their home in Mount Pleasant Township.
| Mount Pleasant Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $848 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Pleasant Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
19 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
10 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
11 mi GardenOglebay Park
33 mi AttractionChester teapot
17 mi MuseumFort SteubenMeadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grave Creek Mound: Shonebrooks, CC0 · WesBanco Arena: Jgera5 at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Oglebay Park: Morganismysheltie (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Steuben: Judy Bratten, Public domain
6 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Pleasant Township
About 2 of every 100 Mount Pleasant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Mount Pleasant is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 394 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery Quakers, the village was an early center of abolitionist activity and a well-known haven for fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad.
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5 towns share a border with Mount Pleasant Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Smithfield Township | #911 | C− | A | — | B− | D |
| Warren Township | #836 | C | A | — | B− | D− |
| Colerain Township | #874 | C− | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Dillonvale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pease Township | #888 | C− | A− | — | B− | D |
Mount Pleasant Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mount Pleasant Township, Smithfield Township, Warren Township, Colerain Township and Pease Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dillonvale isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Pleasant Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $114,000, 54% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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