COMPARING TWO PLACES
Mount Pleasant vs Longview
PLACE A
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
VS
PLACE B
Longview, Texas
Mount Pleasant is 95% smaller than Longview. Longview earns more, with a median household income $11,520 higher. Longview has grown faster since 2000 (1% vs -5%).
MOUNT PLEASANTLONGVIEWDIFFERENCE
Total population4,10883,236−95% vs Longview
Population density4,1041,491+2,613
Population growth-4.7%1.5%−6.2 pts
Median age51.035.3+15.7
Male45.3%48.6%−3.4 pts
Female54.7%51.4%+3.4 pts
Foreign-born1.1%9.0%−7.9 pts
White, non-Hispanic98.4%51.4%+47.0 pts
Black0.0%20.1%−20.0 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.3%21.8%−21.5 pts
Asian0.1%1.6%−1.5 pts
Other1.2%5.1%−3.9 pts
Median household income$51,820$63,340−$11,520
Per capita income$32,677$33,995−$1,318
Poverty rate11.1%17.3%−6.2 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4180.465−0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%23.7%−6.0 pts
Graduate degree4.8%7.8%−2.9 pts
Unemployment rate1.3%3.1%−1.9 pts
Labor force participation55.1%61.7%−6.6 pts
Median home value$143,000$202,600−$59,600
Median gross rent$721$1,101−$380
Owner-occupied65.8%54.7%+11.1 pts
Housing vacancy rate8.9%10.2%−1.2 pts
Rent-burdened households25.8%50.0%−24.2 pts
Average commute28.120.7+7.4
Worked from home11.0%7.0%+3.9 pts
Public transit to work0.1%0.2%−0.2 pts
Uninsured1.6%16.3%−14.7 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025