What is the median rent in Mount Pleasant, MI?

The median gross rent in Mount Pleasant, MI is $922 (±$39) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 5,036 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Mount Pleasant, the median gross rent went from $755 in 2015–2019 to $922 in 2020–2024 (+22.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$922 (±$39)
Rented homes
5,036 (±296)
$2,000 or more
3.6%
Since 2015–2019
+22.1%

How much rent costs in Mount Pleasant

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentMount PleasantIsabella CountyMichiganUnited States
Less than $50011.2% (±2.9 points)10.9%8.3%6.3%
$500 to $99949.0% (±4.9 points)48.1%30.1%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49930.3% (±4.7 points)29.2%38.4%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9995.9% (±2.5 points)8.0%15.1%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4993.6% (±1.9 points)3.4%5.0%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9990.0% (±0.6 points)0.4%1.4%5.5%
$3,000 or more0.0% (±0.6 points)0.0%1.7%6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 49.0% of renting households.

3.6% of rented homes in Mount Pleasant cost $2,000 or more a month.

Mount Pleasant against Isabella County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Mount PleasantIsabella CountyMichiganUnited States
Median gross rent$922 (±$39)$913 (±$39)$1,129 (±$4)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent5,036 (±296)9,178 (±409)1,032,697 (±7,764)42,849,984

In Mount Pleasant, median gross rent is not measurably different from Isabella County ($913).

It is also lower than in Michigan ($1,129).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Isabella County, Mount Pleasant ranks 7 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 721 of 1,305.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Mount Pleasant has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$755 (±$23)$922 (±$39)+22.1%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent58.8% (±2.4 points)64.3% (±2.9 points)+5.5 percentage pointsMeasurable increase
Rental vacancy rate7.7% (±2.4 points)2.7% (±1.8 points)−5.0 percentage pointsMeasurable decrease

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Mount Pleasant

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Mount Pleasant
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Mount Pleasant—$922 (±$39)—
Union Charter Township2.5 mi$896 (±$90)Not measurably different
Lincoln Township (Isabella County)5.9 mi$997 (±$82)Not measurably different
Chippewa Township (Isabella County)5.9 mi$831 (±$81)Lower
Isabella Township6.1 mi$831 (±$336)Not measurably different
Deerfield Township (Isabella County)6.4 mi$1,038 (±$242)Not measurably different
Shepherd6.6 mi$789 (±$88)Lower
Rosebush7.4 mi$591 (±$205)Lower
Coe Township8.2 mi$798 (±$133)Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Chippewa Township (Isabella County), MI ($831), Shepherd, MI ($789), Rosebush, MI ($591).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Isabella County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
1Sherman Township (Isabella County)$1,566 (±$1,028)
2Coldwater Township (Isabella County)$1,327 (±$117)
3Vernon Township (Isabella County)$1,067 (±$230)
4Broomfield Township$1,063 (±$875)
5Deerfield Township (Isabella County)$1,038 (±$242)
6Lincoln Township (Isabella County)$997 (±$82)
7Mount Pleasant$922 (±$39)
8Union Charter Township$896 (±$90)
9 (tie)Chippewa Township (Isabella County)$831 (±$81)
9 (tie)Isabella Township$831 (±$336)
11Coe Township$798 (±$133)
12 (tie)Denver Township (Isabella County)$788 (±$251)
12 (tie)Rolland Township$788 (±$617)

Showing 13 of 14 places in Isabella County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Mount Pleasant

What is the average rent in Mount Pleasant, MI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Mount Pleasant is $922 (±$39) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Mount Pleasant?

In Mount Pleasant, the median gross rent went from $755 in 2015–2019 to $922 in 2020–2024 (+22.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Mount Pleasant cost more than $2,000 a month?

3.6% of rented homes in Mount Pleasant have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 11.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Mount Pleasant higher than in Isabella County?

In Mount Pleasant, median gross rent is not measurably different from Isabella County ($913).

It is also lower than in Michigan ($1,129).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Mount Pleasant city, Michigan (place:56020, in state:26).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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