Midland vs Mount Pleasant

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

Midland 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.

Midland has the higher population (4,758 vs 1,866 in Mount Pleasant). Midland has the higher median household income ($85,551 vs $81,250 in Mount Pleasant). Midland has the higher median home value ($342,700 vs $262,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
Population	4,758	1,866
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,551	$81,250
Median home value	$342,700	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,055
Housing units	1,846	888
Homeownership rate	78.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
Population	3,622 → 4,758 (+31.4%)	1,757 → 1,866 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$68,125 → $85,551 (+25.6%)	$69,519 → $81,250 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $342,700 (+62.8%)	$193,900 → $262,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,230 (+43.5%)	$868 → $1,055 (+21.5%)

Midland

Population

3,6224,758

Median household income

$68,125$85,551

Median home value

$210,500$342,700

Median gross rent

$857$1,230

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)

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.1%
75 and over	2.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	85.7%
Black or African American	14.4%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	2.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	71.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	14.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	82.7%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Midland	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	2006	1984