Pleasant Ridge vs Sylvan Lake

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

Pleasant Ridge and Sylvan Lake 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 1,672 in Sylvan Lake). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median household income ($161,058 vs $106,806 in Sylvan Lake). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median home value ($435,500 vs $356,800 in Sylvan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
Population	2,607	1,672
Median age	45.5 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$161,058	$106,806
Median home value	$435,500	$356,800
Median gross rent	$1,795	$1,132
Housing units	1,201	873
Homeownership rate	95.4%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.9%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
Population	2,431 → 2,607 (+7.2%)	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$122,813 → $161,058 (+31.1%)	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$346,100 → $435,500 (+25.8%)	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,795 (+24.2%)	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)

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

Sylvan Lake

Population

1,8181,672

Median household income

$85,000$106,806

Median home value

$233,800$356,800

Median gross rent

$1,712$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	26.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.5%
75 and over	5.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	5.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
Drove alone	64.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.6%	16.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
1-unit, detached	96.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Ridge	Sylvan Lake
Poverty rate	2.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.22	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1938	1956