Pleasant Ridge, Michigan

Pleasant Ridge
City of Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge East Historic District
Flag of Pleasant Ridge
Official seal of Pleasant Ridge
Location within Oakland County
Location within Oakland County
Pleasant Ridge is located in Michigan
Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge
Location within the state of Michigan
Pleasant Ridge is located in the United States
Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 42°28′16″N 83°08′32″W / 42.47111°N 83.14222°W / 42.47111; -83.14222
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyOakland
Founded1913
Incorporated1921 (village)
1927 (city)
Government
 • TypeCity commission
 • MayorBret Scott
 • ClerkKersten Emsley
Area
 • City0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Land0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
650 ft (195 m)
Population
 • City2,627
 • Density4,608.77/sq mi (1,779.46/km2)
 • Metro
4,392,041 (Metro Detroit)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
48069
Area code(s)248
FIPS code26-64900[5]
GNIS feature ID635117[6]
WebsiteOfficial website

Pleasant Ridge is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Pleasant Ridge is located roughly 11 miles (17.7 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,627.[4]

With a land area of 0.57 square miles (1.48 km2), Pleasant Ridge is the fifth-smallest city by land area in the state of Michigan after the cities of Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Petersburg, and Clarkston.[7]

  1. ^ City of Pleasant Ridge. "Mayor and City Commission". Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Oakland County. "Oakland County Clerks: City Clerks" (PDF). Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  4. ^ a b United States Census Bureau (January 5, 2023). "Pleasant Ridge, Michigan".
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ "Pleasant Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. 34, 37–38. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2010.