Best PlacesMount Pleasant, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Pleasant, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mount Pleasant ranks 15,037th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Pleasant
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Mount Pleasant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Pleasant ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Mount Pleasant ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$941 a month, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Pleasant
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Pleasant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,627, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Mount Pleasant's effective rate of 0.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Pleasant.
Who works in Mount Pleasant, and how
Work in Mount Pleasant centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Mount Pleasant and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mount Pleasant, month by month
Mount Pleasant sees roughly 169 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 26° | 15° |
| April | 65° | 49° | 33° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 59° |
| October | 65° | 50° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Mount Pleasant
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Pleasant
Schools across Mount Pleasant average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mt. Pleasant SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Fairview SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Spring City SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Sanpete MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- North Sanpete HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Pleasant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Pleasant measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Mount Pleasant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Pleasant
Is Mount Pleasant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Pleasant ranks 15,037th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and state infrastructure, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Pleasant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $313,880. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $66,627 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Mount Pleasant safe?
Yes, Mount Pleasant is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $305 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Pleasant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Pleasant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Pleasant represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Mount Pleasant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Pleasant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Pleasant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Pleasant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Pleasant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Pleasant detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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