Work & commute · Mount Pleasant

Work & commute in Mount Pleasant, IL

About one in 4 of Mount Pleasant’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Morrison (23%), Sterling (10%) and Clinton (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

507 of 2,066 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,559 Mount Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 1,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pleasant.

1,559live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

1,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pleasant goes to work

Morrison2.8 mi away

23%474

Sterling10.9 mi away

10%203

Clinton, IA17.5 mi away

9%176

Davenport, IA39.8 mi away

3%65

Sterling11.3 mi away

3%53

Fulton13.6 mi away

2%41

Rock Falls11.2 mi away

2%37

Prophetstown9.3 mi away

2%36

Mount Pleasant (in town)right here

2%33

Dubuque, IA63.2 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%917

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.

30%

33%

16%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pleasant are

1,786 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

1,786 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mount Pleasant residents hold

2,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 1,791 → 1,786. 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.