Empire vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (283 vs 264 in Empire). Empire has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $54,167 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $57,900 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
Population	264	283
Median age	46.2 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$54,167
Median home value	$57,900	$102,500
Median gross rent	$781	$767
Housing units	121	154
Homeownership rate	65.2%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
Population	231 → 264 (+14.3%)	442 → 283 (-36.0%)
Median household income	$49,896 → $57,708 (+15.7%)	$57,589 → $54,167 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $57,900 (+3.8%)	$93,200 → $102,500 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $781 (+44.9%)	$645 → $767 (+18.9%)

Empire

Population

231264

Median household income

$49,896$57,708

Median home value

$55,800$57,900

Median gross rent

$539$781

Mount Pleasant

Population

442283

Median household income

$57,589$54,167

Median home value

$93,200$102,500

Median gross rent

$645$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	0.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	7.4%
18 to 24	14.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.6%	24.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	17.0%
75 and over	6.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
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	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	9.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	57.0%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	92.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	54.5%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	19.3%	18.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	43
Median year structure built	1958	1938