COMPARING TWO PLACES
Mount Pleasant vs Salem
PLACE A
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
VS
PLACE B
Salem, South Carolina
Mount Pleasant is 3084% larger than Salem. Salem earns more, with a median household income $10,323 higher. Mount Pleasant has grown faster since 2000 (-5% vs -11%).
MOUNT PLEASANTSALEMDIFFERENCE
Total population4,108129+3084% vs Salem
Population density4,104141+3,963
Population growth-4.7%-11.1%+6.4 pts
Median age51.049.5+1.5
Male45.3%53.7%−8.4 pts
Female54.7%46.3%+8.4 pts
Foreign-born1.1%2.3%−1.2 pts
White, non-Hispanic98.4%90.4%+8.0 pts
Black0.0%0.0%+0.0 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.3%3.4%−3.1 pts
Asian0.1%2.3%−2.2 pts
Other1.2%4.0%−2.8 pts
Median household income$51,820$62,143−$10,323
Per capita income$32,677$30,697+$1,980
Poverty rate11.1%11.5%−0.4 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4180.395+0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%9.1%+8.6 pts
Graduate degree4.8%6.1%−1.2 pts
Unemployment rate1.3%0.0%+1.3 pts
Labor force participation55.1%56.3%−1.1 pts
Median home value$143,000$167,500−$24,500
Median gross rent$721$500+$221
Owner-occupied65.8%80.6%−14.7 pts
Housing vacancy rate8.9%26.5%−17.6 pts
Rent-burdened households25.8%64.3%−38.5 pts
Average commute28.127.2+0.9
Worked from home11.0%3.5%+7.5 pts
Public transit to work0.1%0.0%+0.1 pts
Uninsured1.6%11.9%−10.3 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025