Franklin vs Pleasant Ridge

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (2,610 vs 2,607 in Pleasant Ridge). Franklin has the higher median household income ($176,571 vs $161,058 in Pleasant Ridge). Franklin has the higher median home value ($696,700 vs $435,500 in Pleasant Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
Population	2,610	2,607
Median age	49.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$176,571	$161,058
Median home value	$696,700	$435,500
Median gross rent	$3,175	$1,795
Housing units	1,100	1,201
Homeownership rate	94.9%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.3%	79.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
Population	3,310 → 2,610 (-21.1%)	2,431 → 2,607 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$161,607 → $176,571 (+9.3%)	$122,813 → $161,058 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$611,900 → $696,700 (+13.9%)	$346,100 → $435,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,659 → $3,175 (+19.4%)	$1,445 → $1,795 (+24.2%)

Franklin

Population

3,3102,610

Median household income

$161,607$176,571

Median home value

$611,900$696,700

Median gross rent

$2,659$3,175

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)

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	7.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.1%
75 and over	12.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	13.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	4.1%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	42.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	70.7%	64.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	30.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	2.3%	2.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1938