Mount Pleasant, NY town hall & government
Mount Pleasant spent $69.2 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,542 per resident.
Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Mount Pleasant's government.
Where Mount Pleasant's money goes
Where the money comes from
- Property taxes 52%
- From other local governments 16%
- Utility sales 9%
- Interest, fines & other 6%
- Fees & charges 6%
- Other taxes & licenses 5%
- From the federal government 3%
- From the state 2%
- Sales taxes 1%
Who works for Mount Pleasant
Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Mount Pleasant didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.
Mount Pleasant Central School District
Mount Pleasant's K–12 school district. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.
Where the district's money comes from New York districts overall: 51% local, 41% state, 8% federal
- Local 77%
- State 21%
- Federal 2%
Of the $34,139 per pupil, $22,069 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.
Also serving Mount Pleasant: Pocantico Hills Central School District ($61,907 per pupil) · Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District ($37,856 per pupil) · Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns ($32,857 per pupil).
What homeowners in Mount Pleasant pay
The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Contact Mount Pleasant's government
Who represents Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is represented in Congress by Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Representative Michael Lawler. Kathy Hochul is governor.
Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.