COMPARING TWO PLACES
Mount Pleasant vs Mountain Home
PLACE A
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
VS
PLACE B
Mountain Home, North Carolina
Mount Pleasant is 20% larger than Mountain Home. Mountain Home earns more, with a median household income $31,263 higher.
MOUNT PLEASANTMOUNTAIN HOMEDIFFERENCE
Total population4,1083,437+20% vs Mountain Home
Population density4,104911+3,192
Population growth-4.7%-3.6%−1.0 pts
Median age51.050.5+0.5
Male45.3%51.9%−6.7 pts
Female54.7%48.1%+6.7 pts
Foreign-born1.1%11.5%−10.4 pts
White, non-Hispanic98.4%80.6%+17.8 pts
Black0.0%1.0%−1.0 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.3%15.5%−15.2 pts
Asian0.1%1.7%−1.7 pts
Other1.2%1.1%+0.1 pts
Median household income$51,820$83,083−$31,263
Per capita income$32,677$41,711−$9,034
Poverty rate11.1%11.9%−0.8 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4180.404+0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%42.0%−24.3 pts
Graduate degree4.8%9.3%−4.5 pts
Unemployment rate1.3%0.7%+0.5 pts
Labor force participation55.1%65.5%−10.4 pts
Median home value$143,000$400,000−$257,000
Median gross rent$721$1,240−$519
Owner-occupied65.8%75.4%−9.6 pts
Housing vacancy rate8.9%6.5%+2.5 pts
Rent-burdened households25.8%61.4%−35.6 pts
Average commute28.118.8+9.3
Worked from home11.0%7.1%+3.9 pts
Public transit to work0.1%0.0%+0.1 pts
Uninsured1.6%12.5%−10.9 pts
Population, 1990 – 2024