Photo: Alinghi3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mount Pleasant top those of 70% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Mount Pleasant for work; outside it, Racine is the main destination (19%, 4 miles). The poverty rate is 5.9%; Wisconsin has 10.6%. Jobs and income earn Mount Pleasant A−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Pleasant, in a few figures
Mount Pleasant trades workers with the towns around it
Mount Pleasant has about as many jobs (15,167) as working residents (13,599), but they are mostly different people: 12,137 residents leave for work each day while 13,705 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Mount Pleasant are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Pleasant and Racine trade workers both ways
Racine is the top workplace for Mount Pleasant residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Pleasant come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mount Pleasant has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant went from 10,192 in 2013 to 15,167 in 2023, +49%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Mount Pleasant’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Pleasant is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #180 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car holds Mount Pleasant’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Pleasant could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Mount Pleasant, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 12,137 residents head out to work, 1,462 work right here, and 13,705 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 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.
Commuting out of Mount Pleasant: the destinations
Where Mount Pleasant clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Inside Mount Pleasant’s 15,167 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 10,192 → 15,167. 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.
Getting to work from Mount Pleasant takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 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 11,969 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work 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.
Mount Pleasant is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Pleasant is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #163 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,713 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 5.6% of Mount Pleasant households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mount Pleasant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Pleasant is 531st of 1,409 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 31 | Muskego WI | 25,602 | $112K | 3.0% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Mequon WI | 25,120 | $144K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Germantown WI | 21,050 | $100K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Genoa Township MI | 20,576 | $101K | 6.9% | 4.4% | 8% | A− |
| 530 | Daphne AL | 31,396 | $87K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 14% | A− |
| 531 | Mount Pleasant WI | 28,253 | $92K | 5.9% | 4.5% | 11% | A− |
| 532 | East Lake FL | 33,283 | $99K | 6.2% | 4.9% | 5% | A− |
| 533 | South Whitehall Township PA | 21,655 | $103K | 7.0% | 4.9% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Wisconsin.
23% of Mount Pleasant works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | – | A− | B− | 21 min | $91,616 |
| Racine | 19% | C | A | 23 min | $57,740 |
| Yorkville | 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $122,936 |
| Caledonia | 2% | A | C | 26 min | $93,152 |
| Somers | under 2% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $80,488 |
| Elmwood Park | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elmwood Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Racine. 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?
$91,616 (±$7,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant?
5.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Racine (19%, 4 mi), Milwaukee (11%, 25 mi), Kenosha (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Pleasant walkable?
Mount Pleasant is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pleasant without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 7% 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.