It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mount Pleasant has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mount Pleasant has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mount Pleasant than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mount Pleasant may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Mount Pleasant doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Mount Pleasant with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.88% of adults in Mount Pleasant have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $29,685, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,740 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Pleasant is an extremely 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. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include Irish, English, German, African, and French.
The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
