Iowa · Census place 54705
Mount Pleasant city, IA
Quick answer
Mount Pleasant city has 9,093 residents, ranking #46 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $59,216, the median home is worth $145,600 and median gross rent runs $773 a month.
- Population
- 9,093Mount Pleasant city residents
- Median household income
- $59,216Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $145,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $773Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 65.1%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Pleasant city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Pleasant city median would spend about 15.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.1% of residents and 65.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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