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.

A relatively large number of people in Mount Pleasant telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.22% 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.

One downside of living in Mount Pleasant, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.44 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

The population of Mount Pleasant overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Mount Pleasant, 24.33% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $33,743, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,972 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.