Work & commute · Mount Pleasant

Work & commute in Mount Pleasant, IA

44% of Mount Pleasant’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Burlington (5%), Iowa City (3%) and Davenport (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

1,508 of 3,444 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,936 Mount Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 1,508 work right here, and 4,953 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pleasant.

1,936live here, work elsewhere

1,508live and work here

4,953work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pleasant goes to work

Mount Pleasant (in town)right here

44%1,508

Burlington24.6 mi away

5%160

Iowa City47.9 mi away

3%105

Davenport63.9 mi away

2%82

West Burlington21.7 mi away

2%77

Fort Madison25.8 mi away

2%71

Cedar Rapids69.6 mi away

2%71

Fairfield22.1 mi away

2%63

Muscatine40.3 mi away

2%58

Des Moines115.1 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,197

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Mount Pleasant commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

15%

13%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pleasant is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pleasant are

6,461 jobs are based in Mount Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant

6,461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mount Pleasant residents hold

3,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−3%

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 6,650 → 6,461. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.