Beal City vs Mount Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Beal City and Mount Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

Beal City and Mount Pleasant are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (21,420 vs 312 in Beal City). Beal City has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $39,924 in Mount Pleasant). Beal City has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $168,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
Population	312	21,420
Median age	34.9 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$39,924
Median home value	$200,600	$168,700
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	167	8,640
Homeownership rate	95.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
Population	336 → 312 (-7.1%)	25,629 → 21,420 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$72,614 → $73,333 (+1.0%)	$37,714 → $39,924 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $200,600 (+39.8%)	$137,700 → $168,700 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$755 → $870 (+15.2%)

Beal City

Population

336312

Median household income

$72,614$73,333

Median home value

$143,500$200,600

Mount Pleasant

Population

25,62921,420

Median household income

$37,714$39,924

Median home value

$137,700$168,700

Median gross rent

$755$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	4.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	7.4%
18 to 24	17.3%	43.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	1.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	23.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	6.7%	6.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.3%
75 and over	10.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	88.9%	62.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	6.2%	17.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	100.0%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Beal City	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	3.2%	35.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1949	1977