Mount Pleasant vs Scottdale

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

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

Scottdale has the higher population (4,392 vs 4,215 in Mount Pleasant). Scottdale has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $48,963 in Mount Pleasant). Scottdale has the higher median home value ($137,700 vs $131,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
Population	4,215	4,392
Median age	49.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,963	$56,667
Median home value	$131,700	$137,700
Median gross rent	$740	$686
Housing units	2,237	2,168
Homeownership rate	69.5%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
Population	4,277 → 4,215 (-1.4%)	4,165 → 4,392 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$42,988 → $48,963 (+13.9%)	$52,425 → $56,667 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $131,700 (+34.7%)	$113,700 → $137,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $740 (+5.1%)	$554 → $686 (+23.8%)

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

Scottdale

Population

4,1654,392

Median household income

$52,425$56,667

Median home value

$113,700$137,700

Median gross rent

$554$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.4%
75 and over	10.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
No high school diploma	5.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
Drove alone	80.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
1-unit, detached	71.6%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Scottdale
Poverty rate	12.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1953	1945