Mount Pleasant is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,055 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 182nd largest community in Texas.Mount Pleasant is a blue-collar town, with 43.36% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Mount Pleasant is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Pleasant who work in sales jobs (8.96%), food service (8.26%), and management occupations (6.84%). 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mount Pleasant spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.The percentage of people in Mount Pleasant with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.02% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $23,113, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,452 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mount Pleasant is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Mount Pleasant, accounting for 53.39% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). 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 English, Irish, German, African, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of Mount Pleasant's cultural character, accounting for 20.49% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
