Lake Orion vs Pleasant Ridge

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

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

Lake Orion has the higher population (2,873 vs 2,607 in Pleasant Ridge). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median household income ($161,058 vs $98,871 in Lake Orion). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median home value ($435,500 vs $346,700 in Lake Orion).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
Population	2,873	2,607
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,871	$161,058
Median home value	$346,700	$435,500
Median gross rent	$757	$1,795
Housing units	1,437	1,201
Homeownership rate	73.6%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	79.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
Population	3,141 → 2,873 (-8.5%)	2,431 → 2,607 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$90,099 → $98,871 (+9.7%)	$122,813 → $161,058 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $346,700 (+28.5%)	$346,100 → $435,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $757 (+3.3%)	$1,445 → $1,795 (+24.2%)

Lake Orion

Population

3,1412,873

Median household income

$90,099$98,871

Median home value

$269,900$346,700

Median gross rent

$733$757

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)

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	4.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	10.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	19.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.1%
75 and over	9.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	42.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	71.0%	64.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	30.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	70.3%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Orion	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1954	1938