Melbourne vs Mount Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Melbourne and Mount Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

Melbourne and Mount Pleasant are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melbourne has the higher population (2,227 vs 311 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($34,625 vs $34,303 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $116,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
Population	2,227	311
Median age	35.8 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,303	$34,625
Median home value	$203,000	$116,700
Median gross rent	$620	$375
Housing units	1,001	174
Homeownership rate	55.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
Population	2,002 → 2,227 (+11.2%)	471 → 311 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$43,045 → $34,303 (-20.3%)	$38,750 → $34,625 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $203,000 (+155.0%)	$96,300 → $116,700 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $620 (+20.6%)	$532 → $375 (-29.5%)

Melbourne

Population

2,0022,227

Median household income

$43,045$34,303

Median home value

$79,600$203,000

Median gross rent

$514$620

Mount Pleasant

Population

471311

Median household income

$38,750$34,625

Median home value

$96,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$532$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	7.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	3.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	24.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.3%
75 and over	8.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	14.4%	24.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	81.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	79.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	36.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1985	1979