Mount Pleasant is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 20,859 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant is the 64th largest community in Michigan.Mount Pleasant is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Pleasant is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Pleasant who work in food service (14.84%), teaching (12.34%), and office and administrative support (10.58%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.10% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In addition, Mount Pleasant is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Mount Pleasant culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Mount Pleasant really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Mount Pleasant every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Mount Pleasant. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Mount Pleasant benefits directly from this. One of the benefits of Mount Pleasant is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.78 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.Mount Pleasant is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 44.86% of adults in Mount Pleasant have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Mount Pleasant in 2022 was $25,323, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,292 for a family of four. However, Mount Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mount Pleasant also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.76% of its population below the federal poverty line.Mount Pleasant is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Pleasant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Pleasant include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Mount Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
