Mount Pleasant is home to 16,136 people in Texas. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 13% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 30.1. Households here earn about 36% less than in Texas as a whole. The typical home is worth $170,700, having roughly tripled since 2000. Getting to work takes 16 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $50,515, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
13% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 66%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mount Pleasant
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share17.2% → 54.8%(+37.6 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share61.9% → 26.6%(−35.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age32.2 → 30.1(−2.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Mount Pleasant's population equals 51% of Titus County's. Its number of households without a car equals 73% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 35% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28.8%(128)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.5%(100)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era22.9%(102)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.8%(39)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.4%(15)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 445 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mount Pleasant, decade by decade
Mount Pleasant population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,291
$49,785
$102,003
13.7%
68.3
2000
13,935
$52,473
$102,741
13.0%
79.5
2010
15,564
$49,908
$122,279
12.9%
76.5
2020
16,047
$61,667
$123,022
16.7%
75.2
2024
16,136
$50,515
$170,700
12.5%
75.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
