Mount Pleasant vs Potts Camp

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

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

Potts Camp has the higher population (435 vs 372 in Mount Pleasant). Potts Camp has the higher median household income ($49,722 vs $46,838 in Mount Pleasant). Since 2019, Mount Pleasant's population has grown faster (+32.4% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
Population	372	435
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,838	$49,722
Median home value	—	$93,300
Median gross rent	—	$771
Housing units	142	195
Homeownership rate	92.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
Population	281 → 372 (+32.4%)	609 → 435 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$41,964 → $46,838 (+11.6%)	$21,875 → $49,722 (+127.3%)
Median home value	—	$76,500 → $93,300 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$738 → $771 (+4.5%)

Mount Pleasant

Population

281372

Median household income

$41,964$46,838

Potts Camp

Population

609435

Median household income

$21,875$49,722

Median home value

$76,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$738$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
Under 5	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	27.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.1%	12.2%
75 and over	10.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	65.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
No high school diploma	35.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
Drove alone	100.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
1-unit, detached	78.2%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Potts Camp
Poverty rate	0.0%	25.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1984	1972