Lake Isabella vs Mount Pleasant

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

Lake Isabella 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 1,931 in Lake Isabella). Lake Isabella has the higher median household income ($76,923 vs $39,924 in Mount Pleasant). Lake Isabella has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $168,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
Population	1,931	21,420
Median age	46.6 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,923	$39,924
Median home value	$176,800	$168,700
Median gross rent	$1,139	$870
Housing units	1,028	8,640
Homeownership rate	95.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
Population	2,063 → 1,931 (-6.4%)	25,629 → 21,420 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$75,625 → $76,923 (+1.7%)	$37,714 → $39,924 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $176,800 (+9.3%)	$137,700 → $168,700 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,139 (+26.1%)	$755 → $870 (+15.2%)

Lake Isabella

Population

2,0631,931

Median household income

$75,625$76,923

Median home value

$161,800$176,800

Median gross rent

$903$1,139

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)

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	2.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	7.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	43.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	6.8%
65 to 74	16.2%	5.3%
75 and over	8.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	1.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	75.2%	62.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	17.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	77.1%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	24.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Isabella	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	7.8%	35.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1994	1977