Mount Pleasant vs Shepherd

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

Mount Pleasant and Shepherd 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 1,438 in Shepherd). Shepherd has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $39,924 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($168,700 vs $147,800 in Shepherd).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
Population	21,420	1,438
Median age	23.3 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,924	$76,591
Median home value	$168,700	$147,800
Median gross rent	$870	$790
Housing units	8,640	563
Homeownership rate	35.1%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
Population	25,629 → 21,420 (-16.4%)	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$37,714 → $39,924 (+5.9%)	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$137,700 → $168,700 (+22.5%)	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $870 (+15.2%)	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)

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

Shepherd

Population

1,4951,438

Median household income

$51,908$76,591

Median home value

$115,500$147,800

Median gross rent

$635$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
Under 5	4.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	7.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	43.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.4%
75 and over	3.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	5.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.9%
Asian	2.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
Drove alone	62.3%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	17.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	39.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	24.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	12.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Shepherd
Poverty rate	35.8%	15.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1977	1962