Mount Pleasant, SC: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Lowcountry, it is the fourth-most populous municipality in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000. The population was 90,801 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan area. At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriots Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship. The Ravenel Bridge, an eight-lane highway that is part of U.S. Route 17 and was completed in 2005, spans the Cooper River and links Mount Pleas…

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How Mount Pleasant ranks

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#4Most educated in SC #4Most remote workers in SC #6Highest income in SC All SC rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code29464, 29465, 29466

Area code843

Living in Mount Pleasant

Housing in Mount Pleasant

$874K▲ 1.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Mount Pleasant home is worth about $874,000, up 1.3% in a year, 185% above the South Carolina typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market59

Sale-to-list98.1%

Sold in May194

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Safety in Mount Pleasant

B

Safety Grade B

Mount Pleasant reports less crime per resident than 56% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Mount Pleasant 1.3

South Carolina 3.9

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Mount Pleasant 10.1

South Carolina 17.1

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Mount Pleasant

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A

School Grade A

The public schools Mount Pleasant’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#7Best public schoolsof 141 in SC

DistrictCharleston 01Schools26

Jennie Moore Elementary AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 993 students Carolina Park Elementary AElementary · Grades K–5 · 931 students James B. Edwards Elementary AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 767 students Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary A+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 767 students Laurel Hill PrimaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 691 students Belle Hall Elementary A+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 649 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within SC. Ratings are from neighbors.

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