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Pleasant Ridge city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Pleasant Ridge city is a Census city of 2,602 people across 0.57 square miles of land, in Oakland County. Median household income is $171,125, 95.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.1 m.
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Pleasant Ridge
What Pleasant Ridge is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,554
- County holding the largest share of its areaOakland County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pleasant Ridge
How many people live in Pleasant Ridge
- Population2,602
- Median age43.1
- Population under 18495
- Share under 1819.0 percent
- Population 65 and over421
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households1,139
- Family households734
- Share of households that are families64.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Pleasant Ridge
- Median household income$171,125 plus or minus $34,438
- Per capita income$89,647
- Civilian labor force1,567
- Employed1,478
- Unemployed89 plus or minus 44
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over2,002
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher79.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree41.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Pleasant Ridge
- Housing units1,172
- Occupied units1,139
- Vacant units33 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied1,089
- Renter occupied50 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate95.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$448,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,720
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Single family units1,161
- Share single family99.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Pleasant Ridge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,008
- Commuting under 15 minutes190 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more316 plus or minus 86
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Drove alone62.1 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home30.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pleasant Ridge
SBA 7(a) lending to Pleasant Ridge borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$4,109,000
- Average approval$1,369,667
- Median approval$1,528,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,481,000
- Largest approval$2,481,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Pleasant Ridge borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$278,000
- Average approval$278,000
- Median approval$278,000
- Largest approval$278,000
- Jobs supported28
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pleasant Ridge
Flood programme status in Pleasant Ridge
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260606
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Oakland County, not Pleasant Ridge
Oakland County context, not Pleasant Ridge figures
These are Oakland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pleasant Ridge measurements.
- Establishments in Oakland County39,792
- Employment at those establishments, Oakland County733,671
- Covered employment, Oakland County723,862
- Average annual pay, Oakland County$77,917
- Average weekly wage, Oakland County$1,498
- Housing units permitted, Oakland County2,886
- Of those, single family, Oakland County1,870
- County product, 2024, Oakland County$143,144,361,000
- County product change over the prior year, Oakland County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Oakland County$85,214
Every figure in this section is published for Oakland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pleasant Ridge. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Pleasant Ridge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan?
2,602, in 1,139 households. Pleasant Ridge city covers 0.57 square miles of land, which is 4,554 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pleasant Ridge in?
Oakland County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Pleasant Ridge?
$171,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $448,700. Median gross rent is $1,720 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pleasant Ridge businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $4.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,528,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $278,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pleasant Ridge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pleasant Ridge borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Pleasant Ridge. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Pleasant Ridge in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Pleasant Ridge appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260606, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Pleasant Ridge figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Oakland County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Pleasant Ridge.
Is zoning published for Pleasant Ridge?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.