Arnold vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Arnold has the higher population (4,738 vs 4,215 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($48,963 vs $48,119 in Arnold). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($131,700 vs $76,800 in Arnold).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
Population	4,738	4,215
Median age	39.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,119	$48,963
Median home value	$76,800	$131,700
Median gross rent	$799	$740
Housing units	2,608	2,237
Homeownership rate	56.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
Population	4,902 → 4,738 (-3.3%)	4,277 → 4,215 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$29,487 → $48,119 (+63.2%)	$42,988 → $48,963 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $76,800 (+37.6%)	$97,800 → $131,700 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $799 (-1.7%)	$704 → $740 (+5.1%)

Arnold

Population

4,9024,738

Median household income

$29,487$48,119

Median home value

$55,800$76,800

Median gross rent

$813$799

Mount Pleasant

Population

4,2774,215

Median household income

$42,988$48,963

Median home value

$97,800$131,700

Median gross rent

$704$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.9%
75 and over	7.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	97.5%
Black or African American	23.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	62.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.8%
Public transit	7.1%	0.4%
Walked	6.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.9%
Other means	3.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	69.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	25.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1948	1953