Mount Pleasant township, Clark County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 213 (all rural)
| Males: 93 |  (43.7%) |
| Females: 120 |  (56.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 213 (191 owner occupied, 22 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Mount Pleasant township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.5%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 25.5
Median age of females: 20.5
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Average household size: 4.63
| Mount Pleasant township: | 4.6 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 4.95
| Mount Pleasant township: | $48,512 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $369 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,127 (it was $42,300 in 2000)
| : | $72,127 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $136,853
Here: $136,853 State: $182,593
Mobile homes: $40,150
Here: $40,150 State: $45,405
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 6.3% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Rose Hill Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Swamps: Dry Lake Number One (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Mount Pleasant township include: Dry Lake Number 1 State Public Shooting Area (1), Mount Pleasant State Public Shooting Area (2), North Dry Lake State Public Shooting Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
100% of Mount Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 56
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 8
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 2.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 22
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Mount Pleasant township with a mortgage: 5 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (52%)
- Food (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Social assistance (24%)
- Health care (21%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (17%)
- Food (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (31%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Child care workers (24%)
- Registered nurses (21%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (17%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Pleasant township:
- Norwegian (39.1%)
- Polish (14.1%)
- French (except Basque) (12.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (12.5%)
- German (10.9%)
- English (3.1%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 28 (80%)
- Carpooled: 4 (11%)
- Worked at home: 3 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Electricity (7%)
91.9% of residents of Mount Pleasant township speak English at home.
8.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 64- In family households: 56 (16 male householders, 0 female householders)
19 spouses, 19 children (16 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 6 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8 1-person,
86 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |