Cost of living in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,178 a month.
Mount Pleasant is a town in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $90,795 a year.
- People
- 2,230
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,178
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $90,795
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $306,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,785
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Mount Pleasant, North Carolina has about 2,230 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $306,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cabarrus County is $1,785 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mount Pleasant. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, prices sit at 97.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mount Pleasant's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Mount Pleasant's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for North Carolina in the table we use.
Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 140 have higher typical rent than Mount Pleasant.
Nearby places
- Locust
Typical rent $895
Compare with Mount Pleasant - Rockwell
Typical rent $952
Compare with Mount Pleasant - Stanfield
Typical rent $825
Compare with Mount Pleasant - Midland
Typical rent $1,418
Compare with Mount Pleasant - Concord
Typical rent $1,451
Compare with Mount Pleasant - Oakboro
Typical rent $1,057
Compare with Mount Pleasant - Kannapolis
Typical rent $1,319
- Harrisburg
Typical rent $2,640
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in North Carolina
Bigger places in North Carolina
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.