City safety & data profile
Mount PleasantSC
Mount Pleasant, SC is a 81K-resident city in Charleston County with a median household income of $124,755.
Charleston County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mount Pleasant, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mount Pleasant has a population larger than 90% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $748,500, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 81K
- Population (place)
- Top 10%
- By size
- $124,755
- Median income (place)
- $748,500
- Median home (place)
- 6.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant posts a median household income higher than 85% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Mount Pleasant area.
- Top 15%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Mount Pleasant
Composite score · Mount Pleasant, SC
73/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Mount Pleasant in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Mount Pleasant income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$124,755 Top 15% higher than 85% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in SC
Ranked by headcount across the 50 SC places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Columbia
Columbia, SC
142,416 residents
- Charleston
Charleston, SC
132,609 residents
- North Charleston
North Charleston, SC
108,304 residents
- Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant, SC
81,317 residents
- Rock Hill
Rock Hill, SC
71,548 residents
- Greenville
Greenville, SC
64,579 residents
- Summerville 48,848
Summerville, SC
48,848 residents
- Sumter 40,816
Sumter, SC
40,816 residents
- Goose Creek 40,633
Goose Creek, SC
40,633 residents
- Hilton Head Island 40,512
Hilton Head Island, SC
40,512 residents
What this shows Columbia tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Five Forks instead.
SC cities ranked by median household income
Median household income across 50 tracked SC places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Five Forks
Five Forks, SC
$141,786 median
- Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant, SC
$124,755 median
- Fort Mill
Fort Mill, SC
$121,823 median
- Bluffton
Bluffton, SC
$111,281 median
- Hilton Head Island
Hilton Head Island, SC
$94,657 median
- Charleston
Charleston, SC
$92,414 median
- Goose Creek
Goose Creek, SC
$88,178 median
- Hanahan
Hanahan, SC
$87,984 median
- Lexington
Lexington, SC
$87,126 median
- North Augusta
North Augusta, SC
$86,092 median
What this shows Income honors go to Five Forks here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Columbia.
The quick read
Reading Mount Pleasant, SC beyond the headline numbers
Mount Pleasant sits inside Charleston County, South Carolina, at roughly 32.79°N, -79.86°W. Population 81,317, $124,755 median household income. Median home value $748,500, median rent $2,159. Poverty rate 6.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Mount Pleasant, 4.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 65.5°F annual average, 51.6" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 23.1% in Mount Pleasant, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
A bachelor's degree or higher is common in Mount Pleasant: 68.4% of adults, the highest quarter of reporting cities -- a labor pool skewed toward credentialed work.
26.7% of Mount Pleasant workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
The median home in Mount Pleasant costs around 6.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
$2,159/month is the median rent in Mount Pleasant, SC, placing it in the priciest quarter of reporting cities; housing cost is doing real work against the household budget here.
At 42.6 years, Mount Pleasant's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Mount Pleasant's labor market runs tight: 3.3% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Hardship is low by national standards: 6.1% of Mount Pleasant, SC residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Mount Pleasant workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mount Pleasant from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Charleston County): Mount Pleasant's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
The clearest outlier in Mount Pleasant's numbers is poverty rate: 6.1%, which is 51% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $2,159/mo, 40% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 6.1% -51% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 68.4% |
| Work From Home | 26.7% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population Snapshot
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 2 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.0% above national average
Metro area: Charleston-North Charleston, SC (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $87.9M across 3,957 flood insurance claims filed in Charleston County.
The largest single contributor was Hurricane Irma, accounting for 1,495 claims.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Mount Pleasant?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Mount Pleasant right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet SC-MOUNT-PLEASANT-SC · Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Mount Pleasant; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology
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Questions & Answers 9
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Mount Pleasant, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (6.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($124,755 here).
Compare Mount Pleasant with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
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What to do with Mount Pleasant's numbers
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- Compare Mount Pleasant against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Charleston County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.