Mount Pleasant property tax: where it goes
A Mount Pleasant house pays 6.252% of its taxable value before the exemption (4.452% with it) in property tax. For a house at $75,284 of taxable value with the homestead exemption, that's about $3,352 a year.
Tax is levied on taxable value (1 mill is $1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value); taxable value is half of true cash value in the first year of ownership and is capped after that.
The City kept its 2026 rate at 16.25 mills and Isabella County set its 2026 operating rate at 6.61 mills, but a full list of the 2026 school, RESD, library, college and county winter rates for City property owners is not published yet (winter bills go out in December), so the 2025 rates from the City's millage history are used for those.
Who taxes this house
| Taxing agency | Rate | On $75,284 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Mt. Pleasant (operating, capital improvement and storm sewer, police and fire pension), 2026 (summer bill) | 1.625% | $1,223 |
| Isabella County operating, 2026 (summer bill) | 0.661% | $498 |
| State Education Tax (summer bill) (schools) | 0.6% | $452 |
| Gratiot-Isabella RESD: special education, operating and vocational education, 2025 (schools) | 0.5464% | $411 |
| Mt. Pleasant Public Schools debt, 2025 (schools) | 0.374% | $282 |
| Mt. Pleasant Public Schools operating (charged only on property without a Principal Residence Exemption) (schools) | 1.8% | $0 |
| Chippewa River District Library, 2025 | 0.175% | $132 |
| Isabella County Commission on Aging, I-Ride, Medical Care Facility and Parks, 2025 (winter bill) | 0.3212% | $242 |
| Mid Michigan College, 2025 (winter bill) | 0.1218% | $92 |
| 1% property tax administration fee on non-city taxes | 0.028% | $21 |
| Total | 6.252% | $3,352 |
2026 City and Isabella County operating rates; school, RESD, library, college and county winter rates from 2025. Exemptions applied: Principal Residence Exemption (exempts an owner's principal residence from the local school operating millage, up to 18 mills) ($75,284).
Ways to pay less
- Low incomes: City poverty exemption. The City sets income and asset levels each year for a poverty exemption from property tax for an owner who lives in the home (City income limit for 2026, one person: $20,345 (plus $7,150 per extra person); liquid assets up to $7,500 for one person). How: File a claim with the Board of Review on the state form; the forms are on the City Assessor's page.
Dates
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Nov 1 (in 10 days) | Deadline to file a Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit (Form 2368) with the City Assessor for the winter tax levy; one filed from June 2 through November 1 reduces that year's taxes beginning with the winter levy |
| Mar 1 | Real property taxes not collected by March 1 are turned over to Isabella County for collection |
| Jun 1 | File a Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit by June 1 to lower that year's taxes starting with the summer levy |
| Jul 31 | City summer taxes (levied July 1) are due without penalty until July 31; after that a penalty of 1% a month is added |
Pay or manage it
Sources
- City of Mt. Pleasant 2026 Operating Budget (millage history, water and sewer rates)
- City Commission e-packet, May 11, 2026 (2026 millage rate memo)
- Isabella County: 2026 summer tax levy L-4029 staff report
- City of Mt. Pleasant Real Property Tax Calculator
- City of Mt. Pleasant Assessor
- City of Mt. Pleasant 2026 poverty exemption guidelines
- Michigan Treasury: Principal Residence Exemption
- Michigan Treasury: Partial Principal Residence Exemption
- Michigan Treasury: Tax Year 2025 Information (Homestead Property Tax Credit)
Checked October 21, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.