Mount Pleasant is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 8,581 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 46th largest community in Iowa.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.81% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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 16.05 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Mount Pleasant is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Mount Pleasant citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.54% of adults in Mount Pleasant have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $28,670, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,680 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Pleasant is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Pleasant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Pleasant also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.