Orchard Lake Village vs Pleasant Ridge

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

Orchard Lake Village 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 2,298 in Orchard Lake Village). Orchard Lake Village has the higher median household income ($212,813 vs $161,058 in Pleasant Ridge). Orchard Lake Village has the higher median home value ($799,500 vs $435,500 in Pleasant Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
Population	2,298	2,607
Median age	51.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$212,813	$161,058
Median home value	$799,500	$435,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,795
Housing units	826	1,201
Homeownership rate	96.1%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	79.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
Population	2,505 → 2,298 (-8.3%)	2,431 → 2,607 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$182,273 → $212,813 (+16.8%)	$122,813 → $161,058 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$645,500 → $799,500 (+23.9%)	$346,100 → $435,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,445 → $1,795 (+24.2%)

Orchard Lake Village

Population

2,5052,298

Median household income

$182,273$212,813

Median home value

$645,500$799,500

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)

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	7.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	21.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.1%
75 and over	5.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	6.8%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	42.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	79.4%	64.3%
Carpooled	0.7%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	30.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	98.5%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orchard Lake Village	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	11.8%	2.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1983	1938