Mount Pleasant vs Winfield

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

Mount Pleasant and Winfield 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 1,065 in Winfield). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($59,216 vs $46,364 in Winfield). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $99,800 in Winfield).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
Population	9,093	1,065
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,216	$46,364
Median home value	$145,600	$99,800
Median gross rent	$773	$596
Housing units	3,797	495
Homeownership rate	65.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
Population	8,581 → 9,093 (+6.0%)	1,101 → 1,065 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$51,350 → $59,216 (+15.3%)	$43,796 → $46,364 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $145,600 (+25.0%)	$93,000 → $99,800 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $773 (+11.9%)	$639 → $596 (-6.7%)

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

Winfield

Population

1,1011,065

Median household income

$43,796$46,364

Median home value

$93,000$99,800

Median gross rent

$639$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
Under 5	4.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	14.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.0%
75 and over	8.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	96.9%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
No high school diploma	12.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
Drove alone	77.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
1-unit, detached	69.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Winfield
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1968	1951