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Mount Pleasant, IA

9,093 Population
8.6 square miles 1,053.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Henry County: 40.5 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,670 ±$2,193 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henry County: $31,084 ±$1,429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$59,216 ±$5,533 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henry County: $64,604 ±$2,941
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

17.1% ±4.7% (1,301  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Henry County: 12.1% † 2,248 (±2.1% / ±398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

14 minutes ±1.9 (53,265  ±8,271) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Henry County: 18.8 164,600 (±1.3 / ±13,069)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,364 ±176 Number of households
  • Henry County: 7,617 ±199
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (7,588  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Henry County: 2.4 18,618 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

8.3% ±4.5% (142  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Henry County: 6.4% † 253 (±2.3% / ±91)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,797 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Henry County: 8,442 ±44
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$145,600 ±$9,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Henry County: $148,600 ±$8,042
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

19.3% ±3.2% (1,733  ±284) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Henry County: 12.4% † 2,478 (±1.7% / ±330.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

87.1% ±6.7% (5,327  ±450.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Henry County: 91.4% 12,646 (±4.1% / ±578.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
23.5% ±4.2% (1,440  ±262.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Henry County: 22.5% † 3,116 (±2.4% / ±332.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±1.4% (407  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Henry County: 2.4% 477
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.6% ±1.8% (490  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Henry County: 7.2% † 1,148 (±1.1% / ±174)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
490 Total veterans ±137 428 Male ±116 62 Female ±41

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