Mount Pleasant - Spring City is a very small town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 4,778 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Pleasant - Spring City is the 107th largest community in Utah.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Pleasant - Spring City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Pleasant - Spring City is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Pleasant - Spring City who work in management occupations (13.39%), teaching (10.69%), and office and administrative support (8.13%).
A relatively large number of people in Mount Pleasant - Spring City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.04% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Mount Pleasant - Spring City is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mount Pleasant - Spring City a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Mount Pleasant - Spring City has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mount Pleasant - Spring City’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
The percentage of people in Mount Pleasant - Spring City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.69% of adults in Mount Pleasant - Spring City have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Pleasant - Spring City in 2022 was $26,560, which is lower middle income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,240 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant - Spring City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mount Pleasant - Spring City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Pleasant - Spring City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant - Spring City include English, German, Danish, European, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant - Spring City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 12.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.6%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Mount Pleasant - Spring City is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in UT, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.2% of the neighborhoods in Utah. If you are considering retiring to Utah, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 23 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 33.6% have English ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Mount Pleasant - Spring City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.3%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Mount Pleasant - Spring City, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (33.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report Danish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (12.8%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (63.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (16.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.