Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Michigan
Grocery and convenience stores in the Mount Pleasant, MI area
How the Mount Pleasant, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #369 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 54
- 19 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $136.6M
- On groceries · $5,482 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.7
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,691
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,482 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Mount Pleasant area spend about $136.6M a year on groceries. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Mount Pleasant area has 54 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.7 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Mount Pleasant area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,384 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Mount Pleasant area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Mount Pleasant area is 41 (lower middle), #369 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Mount Pleasant area compares
The same measures for Michigan and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Mount Pleasant area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.7 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,384 | 1,613 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,482 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $55,237 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 243
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5419 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Mount Pleasant area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Mount Pleasant area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,691+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 24,914
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 573 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 113
- Median household income
- $55,237+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,389
- Median home value
- $170,400
- Jobs located here
- 26,182
- Daytime population
- 67,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Mount Pleasant area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hillsdale, MI | 73 | 31 | 17.4 | $3.3M | 0.0% | #50 of 538 |
| 2Holland, MI | 72 | 99 | 21.7 | $2.9M | +2.1% | #60 of 538 |
| 3Adrian, MI | 69 | 62 | 16.0 | $3.7M | −1.6% | #86 of 538 |
| 4Owosso, MI | 68 | 44 | 15.6 | $3.7M | −0.4% | #97 of 538 |
| 5Marquette, MI | 64 | 62 | 21.9 | $2.6M | +2.3% | #136 of 538 |
| 6Coldwater, MI | 58 | 38 | 22.5 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #205 of 538 |
| 7Big Rapids, MI | 57 | 34 | 20.3 | $2.7M | +4.7% | #216 of 538 |
| 8Alma, MI | 56 | 26 | 17.6 | $3.2M | −1.1% | #224 of 538 |
| 9Sturgis, MI | 55 | 45 | 19.1 | $3M | +0.1% | #237 of 538 |
| 10Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 49 | 36 | 25.5 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #296 of 538 |
| 13Mount Pleasant, MI | 41 | 54 | 21.7 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #369 of 538 |
Other business types in the Mount Pleasant area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores41
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores35
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Mount Pleasant, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 grocery and convenience stores in the Mount Pleasant area. 19 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mount Pleasant, MI area spend on groceries?
About $136.6M a year, or $5,482 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,914 households in the Mount Pleasant area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mount Pleasant, MI area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Mount Pleasant area has 21.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Mount Pleasant area would have about 40, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,384 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mount Pleasant, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Mount Pleasant area at 64,691 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,914 households. The median household income in the Mount Pleasant area is $55,237 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Mount Pleasant area scores 41 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #369 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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