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Mount Pleasant city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Mount Pleasant city is a Census city of 8,951 people across 8.63 square miles of land, in Henry County. Median household income is $61,042, 63.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.4 m.
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Mount Pleasant
What Mount Pleasant is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.63 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,037
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenry County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mount Pleasant
- Population8,951
- Median age37.5
- Population under 181,586
- Share under 1817.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,634
- Share 65 and over18.3 percent
- Households3,317
- Family households1,990
- Share of households that are families60.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mount Pleasant
- Median household income$61,042
- Per capita income$29,546
- Civilian labor force4,219
- Employed4,146
- Unemployed73 plus or minus 54
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over6,054
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mount Pleasant
- Housing units3,737
- Occupied units3,317
- Vacant units420 plus or minus 174
- Vacancy rate11.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied2,112
- Renter occupied1,205
- Ownership rate63.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$160,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$826
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent
- Single family units2,677
- Share single family71.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more954 plus or minus 222
- Share in buildings of two or more25.5 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Mobile homes106 plus or minus 70
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mount Pleasant gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,810
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,598
- Share commuting under 15 minutes68.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more725 plus or minus 200
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Drove alone80.6 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home7.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mount Pleasant (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$6,382,100
- Average approval$709,122
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,344,000
- Largest approval$2,344,000
- Jobs supported261
- Jobs per approval29.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises22.2 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Mount Pleasant (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,019,000
- Average approval$509,500
- Median approval$607,000
- Largest approval$607,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Henry County, not Mount Pleasant
Henry County context, not Mount Pleasant figures
These are Henry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mount Pleasant measurements.
- Establishments in Henry County482
- Employment at those establishments, Henry County6,726
- Covered employment, Henry County8,137
- Average annual pay, Henry County$52,431
- Average weekly wage, Henry County$1,008
- Housing units permitted, Henry County36
- Of those, single family, Henry County28
- County product, 2024, Henry County$1,153,613,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henry County-0.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henry County$50,038
Every figure in this section is published for Henry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mount Pleasant. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mount Pleasant questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mount Pleasant, Iowa?
8,951, in 3,317 households. Mount Pleasant city covers 8.63 square miles of land, which is 1,037 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mount Pleasant in?
Henry County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant?
$61,042. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $160,900. Median gross rent is $826 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mount Pleasant businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $6.4 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mount Pleasant, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mount Pleasant borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mount Pleasant. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Mount Pleasant figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henry County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mount Pleasant.
Is zoning published for Mount Pleasant?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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