Mount Pleasant is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,748 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 327th largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that Mount Pleasant has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.27% 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.

One downside of living in Mount Pleasant, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.86 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Mount Pleasant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Mount Pleasant citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.23% of adults in Mount Pleasant have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $30,963, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,852 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Pleasant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

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