Mount Pleasant vs Rosebush

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

Mount Pleasant and Rosebush 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 330 in Rosebush). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($39,924 vs $32,404 in Rosebush). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($168,700 vs $102,600 in Rosebush).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
Population	21,420	330
Median age	23.3 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,924	$32,404
Median home value	$168,700	$102,600
Median gross rent	$870	$592
Housing units	8,640	198
Homeownership rate	35.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
Population	25,629 → 21,420 (-16.4%)	343 → 330 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$37,714 → $39,924 (+5.9%)	$35,962 → $32,404 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$137,700 → $168,700 (+22.5%)	$93,900 → $102,600 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $870 (+15.2%)	$450 → $592 (+31.6%)

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

Rosebush

Population

343330

Median household income

$35,962$32,404

Median home value

$93,900$102,600

Median gross rent

$450$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
Under 5	4.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	5.2%
18 to 24	43.5%	17.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	13.3%
75 and over	3.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	5.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	3.3%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
No high school diploma	7.0%	26.3%
High school graduate	20.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
Drove alone	62.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	17.1%	13.3%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
1-unit, detached	39.4%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	24.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	12.2%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Rosebush
Poverty rate	35.8%	21.5%
Average household size	2.08	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1977	1958