Bingham Farms vs Pleasant Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Bingham Farms and Pleasant Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Bingham Farms and Pleasant Ridge are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Ridge has the higher population (2,607 vs 1,652 in Bingham Farms). Bingham Farms has the higher median household income ($218,750 vs $161,058 in Pleasant Ridge). Bingham Farms has the higher median home value ($570,900 vs $435,500 in Pleasant Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
Population	1,652	2,607
Median age	67.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$218,750	$161,058
Median home value	$570,900	$435,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,795
Housing units	506	1,201
Homeownership rate	95.1%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	79.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
Population	1,129 → 1,652 (+46.3%)	2,431 → 2,607 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$131,071 → $218,750 (+66.9%)	$122,813 → $161,058 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$415,000 → $570,900 (+37.6%)	$346,100 → $435,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,821 (+82.1%)	$1,445 → $1,795 (+24.2%)

Bingham Farms

Population

1,1291,652

Median household income

$131,071$218,750

Median home value

$415,000$570,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,821

Pleasant Ridge

Population

2,4312,607

Median household income

$122,813$161,058

Median home value

$346,100$435,500

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	0.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	2.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.1%
75 and over	41.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	6.5%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	42.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	59.9%	64.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	30.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	55.3%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	28.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bingham Farms	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	27.4%	2.0%
Average household size	3.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1984	1938