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Mount Pleasant, IA Urban Area

8,669 Population
6.9 square miles 1,265.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,461 ±$3,012 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,600 ±$6,610 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±4% (1,172  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.4 minutes ±1.9 (52,510  ±8,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,169 ±183 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (7,117  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±4.5% (133  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,616 ±198 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,400 ±$7,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.1% ±2.9% (1,633  ±247.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±7.1% (5,168  ±457) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±4.5% (1,382  ±272) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.1% ±1.4% (352  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.7% (413  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
413 Total veterans ±118 383 Male ±107 30 Female ±35

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