Pennsylvania · Census place 4251880

Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,150 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 242nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,150
#242 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-95 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
4,150 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Mount Pleasant. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Mount Pleasant population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Pleasant lost 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

4,24520204,22120214,18320224,16220234,1502024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,251. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Pleasant covers 1.00 square miles of land, for 4,150 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Mount Pleasant is close to the typical town.

What county Mount Pleasant is in

All of Mount Pleasant's residents live in Westmoreland County, which had 350,935 residents in 2024. Mount Pleasant holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Pleasant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15666. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mount Pleasant is

The Census internal point of Mount Pleasant is at 40.150900, -79.543400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 140.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scottdale, PA (4,329 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 30.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.150900, -79.543400
DMS
40°09'3.24"N 79°32'36.24"W
UTM
17N 624063.1E 4445522.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G25F24+9J

Daylight in Mount Pleasant

At 40.15° N, Mount Pleasant gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Pleasant

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Scottdale, 4.1 miles away, with 4,329 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Pleasant, PA?

4,150 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 95 (2.2%) from 4,245 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Pleasant in?

Westmoreland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Mount Pleasant?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15666.

How far is Mount Pleasant from Harrisburg?

140.5 miles (226.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Mount Pleasant.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Pleasant?

Scottdale, PA, with 4,329 residents, 4.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.