Wisconsin · Census place 5554875
Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
Mount Pleasant is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin with an estimated 28,184 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 28,184
- #28 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +1.5%
- +429 people
- Land area
- 33.9 sq mi
- + 0.15 sq mi water
- Density
- 832 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Mount Pleasant population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Pleasant added 429 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +30. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Mount Pleasant is 2.2 times that size.
Mount Pleasant covers 33.88 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 832 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Mount Pleasant is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mount Pleasant is in
All of Mount Pleasant's residents live in Racine County, which had 198,651 residents in 2024. Mount Pleasant holds 14.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mount Pleasant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53177, 53403, 53405, 53406. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village 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 42.708800, -87.884900. Madison, the capital, is 80.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Racine, WI (78,057 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 24.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.708800, -87.884900
- DMS
- 42°42'31.68"N 87°53'5.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 427533.4E 4728857.9N
- Geohash
- dp9dbnuhv
- Plus code
- 86JJP458+G2
Daylight in Mount Pleasant
At 42.71° N, Mount Pleasant gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 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 Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Sturtevant, 1.1 miles away, with 6,855 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Pleasant, WI?
28,184 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 429 (1.5%) from 27,755 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Pleasant in?
Racine County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mount Pleasant?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53177, 53403, 53405, 53406.
How far is Mount Pleasant from Madison?
80.0 miles (128.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Mount Pleasant.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Pleasant?
Racine, WI, with 78,057 residents, 3.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.