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Mount Pleasant, IA

8,951 Population
8.6 square miles 1,037.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Henry County: 41.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$29,546 ±$2,906 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henry County: $33,208 ±$1,734
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$61,042 ±$8,576 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henry County: $67,436 ±$5,231
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

15.7% ±3.9% (1,172  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Henry County: 12% † 2,202 (±1.9% / ±352)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

14 minutes ±1.8 (53,485  ±8,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Henry County: 19.6 170,665 (±1.5 / ±14,906)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

3,317 ±176 Number of households
  • Henry County: 7,644 ±226
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.1 (7,399  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Henry County: 2.4 18,355 (±0.1 / ±100)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

7.2% ±4.1% (133  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Henry County: 6.1% † 238 (±2.5% / ±97)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

3,737 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Henry County: 8,445 ±73
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$160,900 ±$7,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Henry County: $164,300 ±$6,901
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

20.2% ±3.1% (1,781  ±272.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Henry County: 12.7% † 2,512 (±1.8% / ±354.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

85.9% ±7.1% (5,201  ±456.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Henry County: 91.7% 12,710 (±4.3% / ±595.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
23.2% ±4.4% (1,402  ±270.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Henry County: 23% † 3,182 (±2.5% / ±347.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

4.1% ±1.4% (367  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Henry County: 2% 409
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

6% ±1.6% (442  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Henry County: 7% † 1,112 (±1.1% / ±179)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
442 Total veterans ±117 412 Male ±106 30 Female ±35

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