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Houses for Rent in Mount Pleasant, Cleveland

Mount Pleasant is a Statistical Planning Area on Cleveland's southeast side, near Kinsman Road and the Buckeye-Woodhill area. Citywide, three-bedroom houses typically rent around $1,350 a month (Zumper, July 2026), and Rent Finder Cleveland's Section 8-friendly homes are concentrated nearby in Buckeye-Shaker and Slavic Village.

Renting a house in Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is one of Cleveland's Statistical Planning Areas, located on the city's southeast side near Kinsman Road, not far from the Buckeye-Woodhill and Fairfax neighborhoods. Like much of southeast Cleveland, the area is primarily residential, with housing stock that includes single-family homes and smaller multi-family buildings.

We don't currently have a concentrated portfolio of rental homes specifically in Mount Pleasant — our Southeast Cleveland inventory is centered in neighboring areas like Buckeye-Shaker, Slavic Village, and Fairfax. Tell our leasing team what you're looking for and we'll let you know about options nearby, or browse our Cleveland houses for rent hub to see where we currently manage homes.

What do houses rent for in this part of Cleveland?

Citywide rent data from RentCafe (Yardi), dated July 2, 2026, shows average rents for professionally managed apartments running higher than the smaller, older rental homes typical of southeast Cleveland neighborhoods like Mount Pleasant. The table below gives the RentCafe figures for reference alongside a citywide comparison.

These RentCafe averages skew toward larger, professionally managed complexes; Zumper's July 2026 median for all Cleveland rentals, including smaller older homes, is lower at about $1,250 a month. Older single-family homes and duplexes in neighborhoods like Mount Pleasant typically rent closer to the Zumper figure than the RentCafe average.

Transit and getting around Mount Pleasant

The neighborhood is served by RTA bus routes connecting to downtown Cleveland and to nearby Shaker Square, and it sits within a few miles of the Cleveland Clinic main campus in neighboring Fairfax. Kinsman Road is a main east-west corridor through the area.

• Side of city: Southeast
• Nearby institution: Cleveland Clinic main campus (Fairfax)
• Transit: RTA bus routes to downtown and Shaker Square
• Main corridor: Kinsman Road

Section 8 and vouchers in southeast Cleveland

Southeast Cleveland, including the area around Mount Pleasant, is served by the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), the local Housing Choice Voucher administrator. CMHA accepts preliminary applications year-round, though placement is by lottery and can take months.

While we don't currently manage homes specifically in Mount Pleasant, every home Rent Finder Cleveland manages nearby — in Buckeye-Shaker, Fairfax, and Slavic Village — accepts Section 8 and is HUD-inspection-ready. Read our Section 8 housing guide for the full application process.

Neighborhoods nearby where we manage homes

If you're flexible on the exact neighborhood, we manage Section 8-friendly rental homes nearby in Buckeye-Shaker Square, Fairfax, and Slavic Village. See our full Cleveland houses for rent hub to compare all areas we serve.

Rent Finder Cleveland is an equal housing opportunity provider and does business in accordance with the Fair Housing Act. Availability, pricing, and terms are subject to change.