Samuel Warden House · Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Mount Pleasant (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Mount Pleasant is behind 86% of U.S. towns. Mount Pleasant grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten stay in Mount Pleasant for work; outside it, Hempfield Township is the main destination (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mount Pleasant’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Pleasant is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #605 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Mount Pleasant’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($51,820, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on 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−.
How many people are in Mount Pleasant by day
On a workday 1,622 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Mount Pleasant on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Mount Pleasant work
Where Mount Pleasant clocks in
6% 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.
Mount Pleasant is a services town
1,183 jobs are based in Mount Pleasant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 1,185 → 1,183. 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.
The daily trip from Mount Pleasant: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,658 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Mount Pleasant
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.
For most of Mount Pleasant, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Pleasant is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #397 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,862 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). 11.7% of Mount Pleasant households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mount Pleasant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Pleasant places 1,744th of 4,023 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,742 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 4,797 | $91K | 9.9% | 4.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,743 | Bishop CA | 3,696 | $84K | 9.9% | 0.3% | 43% | B |
| 1,744 | Mount Pleasant PA | 4,108 | $52K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,745 | Elyria Township OH | 3,220 | $62K | 4.6% | 5.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,746 | Franklin Township PA | 3,864 | $83K | 3.1% | 8.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 12% of Mount Pleasant’s workers
The biggest share goes to East Huntingdon Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | – | B | B+ | 28 min | $51,820 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | 5% | C+ | C | 26 min | $68,131 |
| East Huntingdon Township | 7% | B− | C− | 26 min | $68,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$51,820 (±$11,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hempfield Township (8%, 9 mi), East Huntingdon Township (7%, 3 mi), Greensburg (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Pleasant walkable?
Mount Pleasant is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pleasant without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.