Mount Pleasant has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Mount Pleasant has 44 jobs; 333 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mount Pleasant; the top destination outside it is Madison (27%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Pleasant, in a few figures
Mount Pleasant is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Mount Pleasant, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Pleasant has about 350 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Pleasant’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Pleasant is Madison, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (90) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mount Pleasant workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Mount Pleasant for work, and who comes in
On a workday 332 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Mount Pleasant on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Mount Pleasant
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily trip from Mount Pleasant: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Out of Mount Pleasant to work: where people go
Where Mount Pleasant clocks in
27% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Mount Pleasant
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2014 → 2024: 56 → 44. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How Mount Pleasant compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Monticello (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | – | — | — | 28 min | $81,563 |
| Monticello | 4% | B | B+ | 29 min | $75,833 |
| Washington | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Sylvester | under 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $111,375 |
| Exeter | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $114,688 |
| Albany | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington and Albany: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. 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 2024, 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?
$81,563 (±$12,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant?
3.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (27%, 26 mi), Monroe (10%, 10 mi), Fitchburg (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
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), 2024, 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.