Hillsboro vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (9,093 vs 159 in Hillsboro). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($59,216 vs $43,125 in Hillsboro). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $47,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
Population	159	9,093
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$59,216
Median home value	$47,800	$145,600
Median gross rent	$1,063	$773
Housing units	87	3,797
Homeownership rate	69.1%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	8,581 → 9,093 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$32,708 → $43,125 (+31.8%)	$51,350 → $59,216 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $47,800 (+41.4%)	$116,500 → $145,600 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,063 (+63.5%)	$691 → $773 (+11.9%)

Hillsboro

Population

202159

Median household income

$32,708$43,125

Median home value

$33,800$47,800

Median gross rent

$650$1,063

Mount Pleasant

Population

8,5819,093

Median household income

$51,350$59,216

Median home value

$116,500$145,600

Median gross rent

$691$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	10.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	13.2%	14.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	44.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	90.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	83.9%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	23.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	35	14
Median year structure built	1938	1968