Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety40#559/924
Economy29#653/925
Housing26#689/925
Health20#736/925
Healthcare8#851/923
Environment6#864/917
Education7#863/925
Infrastructure11#819/925
Community8#855/925
Leisure & amenities13#801/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Job growth · high2.0%
90/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
87/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low23.5%
81/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.8×
70/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Comfortable days · high28.3%
70/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.441
68/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.7%
3/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Access to exercise opportunities · low43.4%
3/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.3 µg/m³
4/100Texas 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · low29.9%
7/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low81 /100k
7/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low5.1 /10k
7/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 1.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+463%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
22% (2021) → 74% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+51 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
6.5 /1k (2020) → 12.3 /1k (2025)
+89%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.3% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsWorsening
8.6 /100k (2021) → 13.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
+53%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
55 /100k (2021) → 81 /100k (2025)
+48%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area improved on 10 of 26 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Pharmacies+27%1.8 /10k → 2.3 /10k
Broadband+15 points71.3% → 86.2%
New businesses+89%6.5 /1k → 12.3 /1k
Real income+39%$44,052 → $61,218
Gyms+30%0.5 /10k → 0.7 /10k

Declined7

Libraries−23%0.7 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Uninsured+2.3 points20.4% → 22.7%
Rent / income+3.6 points26.1% → 29.7%
Rent burden+8.5 points40.8% → 49.3%
Restaurants−12%5.7 /10k → 5.1 /10k

All 26 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+7.4%	Improved	46%
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	71.3%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	90%
Child poverty rate	26.4%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Distance to an airport	114 mi2020	114 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	1.04%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	81%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−2.4%	Little change	40%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+30%	Improved	79%
High school diploma or higher	79.8%2015-2019	81.7%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	27%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,0522019	$61,2182024	+39%	Improved	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4412020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$49,6002015-2019	$58,6262020-2024	+18%	Improved	9%
New business applications	6.5 /1k2020	12.3 /1k2025	+89%	Improved	92%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+27%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	17.9%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Property crime rate	1,343 /100k2020	913 /100k2025	−32%	Improved	46%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−23%	Declined	3%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Declined	7%
Rent-burdened households	40.8%2015-2019	49.3%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Declined	6%
Restaurants and bars	5.7 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	10%
Traffic deaths	24.2 /100k2015-2019	28.8 /100k2020-2024	+19%	Declined	29%
Unemployment rate	7.2%2020	4.4%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.4%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Declined	6%
Violent crime rate	391 /100k2020	285 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	70%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area itself moved −6 points in standing on average over the same 27 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

56,237 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

20,868 households (±404)

Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k21%4,289
$25k–50k23%4,814
$50k–75k17%3,548

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

20,868 households (±404)

Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Own73%15,226
Rent27%5,642

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

23,892 workers (±746)

Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone77%18,321
Carpool14%3,289
Public transit0.1%†12

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Mount Pleasant, TX has 1,095 employer establishments, 194 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248), with 19,130 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,966. The Census Bureau also counts 4,318 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,095; 4,318 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 194; US 248
Paid employees: 19,130
Average annual pay: $49,966; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mount Pleasant, TX by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	82	14.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	909	$62,921	143
Restaurants and other eating places	79	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	1,574	$19,081	43
Specialty trade contractors	63	11.1	0.72×Fewer than typical	559	$71,560	454
Religious organizations	57	10.1	1.82×More than typical	266	$19,838	—
Limited-service restaurants	37	6.5	0.82×About typical	953	$17,959	13
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	6.4	1.26×More than typical	180	$39,417	107
Construction of buildings	35	6.2	0.82×About typical	127	$52,701	213
Building equipment contractors	33	5.8	0.97×About typical	293	$75,447	77
Full-service restaurants	32	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	554	$20,394	15
Gasoline stations	31	5.5	1.69×More than typical	216	$22,144	—
Lessors of real estate	30	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	94	$31,734	227
Banks and credit unions	26	4.6	1.42×More than typical	449	$56,940	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 56,562 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $7.4M on contracts performed in Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area: $129 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7.4M; −33% vs FY2025
Per resident: $129; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$7.1M97%
Defense Logistics Agency$229.8K3.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

943.6KFY2017
3.6MFY2018
1.4MFY2019
2.7MFY2020
1.1MFY2021
3MFY2022
5.4MFY2023
9.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Animal slaughtering and processing · 3116$7.1M97%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$64.6K0.9%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$50.5K0.7%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$38.9K0.5%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$18.6K0.3%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$16K

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011489/4100034948/CHICKEN LEGS CHILLED -BULK$1.8M
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION· Titus County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 123J1426C1888
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II PROPOSAL L2D-0190 TENDERED UNDER TOPIC DLA241-D05 FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF COAL TAR PITCH$1.8M
LONE STAR SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC· Morris County, TX· Research & development· Aug 6, 2024 – Feb 5, 2026· SP470124C0056
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011348/4100034530/CHICKEN LEGS CHILLED -BULK$1.2M
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION· Titus County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 123J1426C1470

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $364.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area: $6,386 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $364.5M; +3.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,386; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$213.3M59%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$37.7M10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$29.9M8.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$27.9M7.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11.6M3.2%
20.265 · Carbon Reduction Program$8.1M2.2%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.1M1.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$5M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$17.1M4.7%
AUSTIN, TX
NORTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$6.9M1.9%
MOUNT PLEASANT, TX
MOUNT PLEASANT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT$3.6M1.0%
MOUNT PLEASANT, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF PITTSBURG$613.4K0.2%
PITTSBURG, TX
LONGVIEW RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$282.7M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$43.1M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$17.1M4.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$6.9M1.9%
Farm Service Agency$3.8M1.1%

Assistance by fiscal year

326.5MFY2021
307.9MFY2022
313.1MFY2023
330MFY2024
350.7MFY2025
364.5MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Mount Pleasant, TX

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Mount PleasantPrincipal city16,136

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Areas based in Texas, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Mount Pleasant, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Mount Pleasant, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought