Mount Pleasant is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,748 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 327th largest community in North Carolina.
Also of interest is that Mount Pleasant has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In Mount Pleasant, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Mount Pleasant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Mount Pleasant overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Mount Pleasant, 23.23% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $30,963, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,852 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Pleasant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mount Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Pleasant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.