Mount Pleasant is home to 64,565 people. This skews young, with a median age of 30.1. The typical home is worth $170,400, having more than doubled since 2000. 3% of residents were born outside the United States. The poverty rate is 21.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. People stay put here: 79% were in the same home a year ago.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,237, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% 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
Median home value (2024 dollars)$127,684 → $170,400(+33%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share1.4% → 5.1%(+3.7 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share94.6% → 83.0%(−11.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Among the 33 metro and micro areas based in Michigan
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)24.7%(712)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.8%(543)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.6%(1,054)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.2%(121)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.1%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,881 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
54,624
$54,383
$127,684
21.5%
13.1
2000
63,351
$62,414
$161,034
23.9%
22.4
2010
70,311
$53,054
$184,137
25.8%
28.8
2020
64,394
$56,703
$165,928
29.5%
39.3
2024
64,565
$55,237
$170,400
31.3%
37.7
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.
