Irwin vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (4,215 vs 3,862 in Irwin). Irwin has the higher median household income ($60,747 vs $48,963 in Mount Pleasant). Irwin has the higher median home value ($198,700 vs $131,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
Population	3,862	4,215
Median age	38.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,747	$48,963
Median home value	$198,700	$131,700
Median gross rent	$954	$740
Housing units	2,052	2,237
Homeownership rate	45.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
Population	3,797 → 3,862 (+1.7%)	4,277 → 4,215 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$49,570 → $60,747 (+22.5%)	$42,988 → $48,963 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $198,700 (+24.7%)	$97,800 → $131,700 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $954 (+35.5%)	$704 → $740 (+5.1%)

Irwin

Population

3,7973,862

Median household income

$49,570$60,747

Median home value

$159,300$198,700

Median gross rent

$704$954

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)

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	21.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	14.9%
75 and over	10.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	81.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	48.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Irwin	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.9%
Average household size	1.87	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1956	1953