Mount Pleasant vs Talco

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (16,061 vs 380 in Talco). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($53,039 vs $14,402 in Talco). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($160,500 vs $78,200 in Talco).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
Population	16,061	380
Median age	29.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,039	$14,402
Median home value	$160,500	$78,200
Median gross rent	$798	$473
Housing units	5,786	243
Homeownership rate	55.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
Population	15,973 → 16,061 (+0.6%)	797 → 380 (-52.3%)
Median household income	$48,567 → $53,039 (+9.2%)	$29,853 → $14,402 (-51.8%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $160,500 (+59.5%)	$53,100 → $78,200 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $798 (+18.0%)	$588 → $473 (-19.6%)

Mount Pleasant

Population

15,97316,061

Median household income

$48,567$53,039

Median home value

$100,600$160,500

Median gross rent

$676$798

Talco

Population

797380

Median household income

$29,853$14,402

Median home value

$53,100$78,200

Median gross rent

$588$473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
Under 5	8.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	23.2%	27.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.3%
75 and over	4.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
White (non-Hispanic)	28.1%	46.1%
Black or African American	15.6%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.3%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
No high school diploma	25.7%	27.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
Drove alone	74.2%	88.8%
Carpooled	20.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
1-unit, detached	66.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Talco
Poverty rate	16.9%	54.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1978	1972