Mount Pleasant is a city of 21,236 people in Michigan. This skews young, with a median age of 23.9. 36% of homes are owner-occupied. 65% were living in the same home a year earlier. The poverty rate is 31.4%, above the 12.5% national rate. That trails the Michigan median by roughly 39%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $44,706, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 23.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
43% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mount Pleasant
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree39.3% → 42.9%(+3.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$141,844 → $173,100(+22%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate38.7% → 31.4%(−7.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Mount Pleasant's population equals 33% of Isabella County's. Its number of households without a car equals 57% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 56% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)36%(265)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.6%(181)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.3%(194)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 737 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mount Pleasant, decade by decade
Mount Pleasant population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
23,285
$46,045
$141,844
39.3%
15.1
2000
25,946
$44,762
$173,239
40.3%
27.8
2010
26,016
$38,259
$194,207
38.6%
32.8
2020
21,688
$47,857
$170,776
43.7%
49.8
2024
21,236
$44,706
$173,100
42.9%
47.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
