Gunnison vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (3,737 vs 3,537 in Gunnison). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($67,459 vs $66,111 in Gunnison). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $247,600 in Gunnison).

Population, income & housing

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
Population	3,537	3,737
Median age	35.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,111	$67,459
Median home value	$247,600	$269,200
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,049
Housing units	611	1,356
Homeownership rate	70.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
Population	3,434 → 3,537 (+3.0%)	3,418 → 3,737 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$63,816 → $66,111 (+3.6%)	$54,875 → $67,459 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$172,600 → $247,600 (+43.5%)	$167,000 → $269,200 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $1,049 (+62.1%)	$914 → $1,049 (+14.8%)

Gunnison

Population

3,4343,537

Median household income

$63,816$66,111

Median home value

$172,600$247,600

Median gross rent

$647$1,049

Mount Pleasant

Population

3,4183,737

Median household income

$54,875$67,459

Median home value

$167,000$269,200

Median gross rent

$914$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	22.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.9%
75 and over	3.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	1.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	12.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	41.7%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	82.7%	61.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.1%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	14.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	84.9%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Gunnison	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	23.0%	18.5%
Average household size	3.18	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1976	1980