Oxford vs Pleasant Ridge

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (3,478 vs 2,607 in Pleasant Ridge). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median household income ($161,058 vs $88,214 in Oxford). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median home value ($435,500 vs $351,300 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
Population	3,478	2,607
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,214	$161,058
Median home value	$351,300	$435,500
Median gross rent	$901	$1,795
Housing units	1,549	1,201
Homeownership rate	72.0%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	79.9%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
Population	3,542 → 3,478 (-1.8%)	2,431 → 2,607 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$68,527 → $88,214 (+28.7%)	$122,813 → $161,058 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$210,000 → $351,300 (+67.3%)	$346,100 → $435,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $901 (+8.3%)	$1,445 → $1,795 (+24.2%)

Oxford

Population

3,5423,478

Median household income

$68,527$88,214

Median home value

$210,000$351,300

Median gross rent

$832$901

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)

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	6.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.1%
75 and over	5.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	8.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	15.0%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	42.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	78.4%	64.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	30.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	70.3%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oxford	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1978	1938