Mount Pleasant vs Waterford

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (27,694 vs 5,627 in Waterford). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($90,189 vs $80,380 in Waterford). Waterford has the higher median home value ($312,700 vs $269,900 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
Population	27,694	5,627
Median age	45.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,189	$80,380
Median home value	$269,900	$312,700
Median gross rent	$1,045	$1,278
Housing units	12,061	2,473
Homeownership rate	78.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
Population	26,928 → 27,694 (+2.8%)	5,452 → 5,627 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$69,485 → $90,189 (+29.8%)	$87,929 → $80,380 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $269,900 (+41.5%)	$211,500 → $312,700 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,045 (+21.7%)	$985 → $1,278 (+29.7%)

Mount Pleasant

Population

26,92827,694

Median household income

$69,485$90,189

Median home value

$190,800$269,900

Median gross rent

$859$1,045

Waterford

Population

5,4525,627

Median household income

$87,929$80,380

Median home value

$211,500$312,700

Median gross rent

$985$1,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
Under 5	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.4%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	88.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.2%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	24.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
Drove alone	78.2%	83.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
1-unit, detached	64.0%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	10.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Waterford
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1981	1991