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Population (year 2000): 1,259. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,429 (+13.5% change)
Males: 590 (46.9%), Females: 669 (53.1%)
Zip code:
28124
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $48,207 (year 2000)
Median house value: $130,200 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Pleasant:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.9%)
- Black (5.9%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (24.1%), United States
(18.0%), English (12.3%), Irish (10.7%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%),
Scottish (2.1%).
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Pleasant
- High school or higher: 79.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 8.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Pleasant town
- Never married: 16.1%
- Now married: 63.1%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 12.4%
- Divorced: 6.7%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +265 (+26.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Pleasant:
- NORTHEAST MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; CONCORD,
NC)
- STANLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 17 miles;
ALBEMARLE, NC)
- ROWAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles;
SALISBURY, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Pleasant:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 38 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 53 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 59 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Pleasant:
- BEAR CREEK (about 6 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, NC; ID:
N44)
- ROWAN COUNTY (about 17 miles; SALISBURY, NC; ID:
RUQ)
- CONCORD REGIONAL (about 19 miles; CONCORD, NC; ID:
JQF)
Amtrak stations near Mount Pleasant:
- 15 miles: KANNAPOLIS (306 N. MAIN ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term
parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi
service.
- 19 miles: SALISBURY (DEPOT & LIBERTY STS.).
Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public payphones, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, call for car rental service,
call for taxi service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Pleasant:
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,499)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 22
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
Public high school in Mount Pleasant:
- MOUNT PLEASANT HIGH (Students: 881; Location:
700 WALKER ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Mount Pleasant:
- MOUNT PLEASANT MIDDLE (Students: 748;
Location: 8325 HWY 49 N; Grades: 06 - 08)
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