Harrisburg vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (19,203 vs 1,866 in Mount Pleasant). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($143,393 vs $81,250 in Mount Pleasant). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($431,900 vs $262,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
Population	19,203	1,866
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$143,393	$81,250
Median home value	$431,900	$262,700
Median gross rent	$2,407	$1,055
Housing units	6,111	888
Homeownership rate	92.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
Population	15,806 → 19,203 (+21.5%)	1,757 → 1,866 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$108,942 → $143,393 (+31.6%)	$69,519 → $81,250 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$288,900 → $431,900 (+49.5%)	$193,900 → $262,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $2,407 (+47.3%)	$868 → $1,055 (+21.5%)

Harrisburg

Population

15,80619,203

Median household income

$108,942$143,393

Median home value

$288,900$431,900

Median gross rent

$1,634$2,407

Mount Pleasant

Population

1,7571,866

Median household income

$69,519$81,250

Median home value

$193,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	18.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.1%
75 and over	3.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	85.7%
Black or African American	13.2%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	13.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	5.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	15.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	69.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	14.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	90.7%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.9%
Average household size	3.30	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	2006	1984