Mount Pleasant vs Wayland

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

Mount Pleasant and Wayland 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 1,140 in Wayland). Wayland has the higher median household income ($67,000 vs $59,216 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $122,200 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
Population	9,093	1,140
Median age	35.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,216	$67,000
Median home value	$145,600	$122,200
Median gross rent	$773	$693
Housing units	3,797	438
Homeownership rate	65.1%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
Population	8,581 → 9,093 (+6.0%)	1,066 → 1,140 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$51,350 → $59,216 (+15.3%)	$54,167 → $67,000 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $145,600 (+25.0%)	$91,000 → $122,200 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $773 (+11.9%)	$514 → $693 (+34.8%)

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

Wayland

Population

1,0661,140

Median household income

$54,167$67,000

Median home value

$91,000$122,200

Median gross rent

$514$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	14.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.2%
75 and over	8.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	88.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
No high school diploma	12.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
Drove alone	77.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	4.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
1-unit, detached	69.9%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Wayland
Poverty rate	17.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1968	1956