Pleasant Ridge, Michigan

Pleasant Ridge
City of Pleasant Ridge
Location within Oakland County
Pleasant Ridge
Location within the state of Michigan
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
 • City
0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Land0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
640 ft (195 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City
2,627
 • 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
48069
Area code248
FIPS code26-64900
GNIS feature ID635117
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.

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.