Pleasant Ridge, Michigan

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Population in July 2007: 2,482. Population change since 2000: -3.8%

Males: 1,240	(50.0%)
Females: 1,242	(50.0%)

Median resident age:	40.5 years
Michigan median age:	35.5 years

Zip codes: 48069.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $86,646 (it was $80,682 in 2000)

Pleasant Ridge:	$86,646
Michigan:	$47,950

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $286,255 (it was $223,400 in 2000)

Pleasant Ridge:	$286,255
Michigan:	$153,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $337,937; Detached houses: $338,302; Townhouses or other attached units: $570,373; In 2-unit structures: $312,996
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Races in Pleasant Ridge:

White Non-Hispanic (95.3%)
Hispanic (1.8%)
Black (0.8%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
American Indian (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Pleasant Ridge: 89.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (24.7%), Irish (21.0%), Polish (16.7%), English (15.1%), Italian (10.1%), Scottish (5.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 650 feet

Land area: 0.57 square miles.

Population density: 4367 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Pleasant Ridge

High school or higher: 96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 66.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 28.7%
Unemployed: 1.3%
Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Pleasant Ridge city

Never married: 25.5%
Now married: 58.7%
Separated: 1.0%
Widowed: 4.9%
Divorced: 10.0%

127 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe, 1.1% Latin America, 0.7% North America, 0.6% Asia).

This city:	4.9%
Michigan:	5.3%

According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Pleasant Ridge to the number of sex offenders is 1241 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Pleasant Ridge:	1.3% ($2,838)
Michigan:	1.3% ($1,461)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Royal Oak, MI (2.4 miles , pop. 60,062).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Detroit, MI (6.5 miles , pop. 951,270).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (314.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Ferndale, MI (1.3 miles ), Huntington Woods, MI (1.8 miles ), Royal Oak, MI (2.4 miles ), Oak Park, MI (2.4 miles ), Hazel Park, MI (3.3 miles ), Berkley, MI (3.3 miles ), Madison Heights, MI (3.5 miles ), Clawson, MI (4.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 2 buildings, average cost: $412,500
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $240,000
2005: 0 buildings
2006: 1 building, cost: $120,000
2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 42.47 N, Longitude: 83.14 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 248

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Population change in the 1990s: -229 (-8.1%).

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Historical housing units

Most common industries for males:

Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
Transportation equipment (12%)
Educational services (8%)
Construction (6%)
Health care (6%)
Accommodation and food services (3%)
Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (18%)
Health care (16%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Engineers (7%)
Art and design workers (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Business operations specialists (5%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Lawyers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Therapists (3%)

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Crime in Pleasant Ridge by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	39.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	1	1	0	1	3
per 100,000	0.0	38.1	39.0	0.0	39.6	120.2
Assaults	0	0	3	0	3	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	117.1	0.0	118.8	0.0
Burglaries	1	2	9	8	4	7
per 100,000	38.3	76.2	351.2	315.5	158.4	280.6
Thefts	9	10	23	24	29	23
per 100,000	345.1	381.1	897.4	946.4	1148.1	921.8
Auto thefts	0	1	5	3	3	2
per 100,000	0.0	38.1	195.1	118.3	118.8	80.2
Arson	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	16.5	35.1	142.4	69.4	102.1	99.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.42
US city average:	3.00

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Pleasant Ridge-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Michigan state average. It is 55% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/4/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 3.8 miles away from the Pleasant Ridge city center injured 6 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 3/20/1976, a category 4 tornado 13.8 miles away from the city center killed one person and injured 55 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Pleasant Ridge:

HENRY FORD - KINGSWOOD HOSPITAL (about 1 miles; FERNDALE, MI)
MADISON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; MADISON HEIGHTS, MI)
ST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM OAKLAND GENERAL (about 4 miles; MADISON HEIGHTS, MI)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Pleasant Ridge:

DETROIT CITY (about 12 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DET)
OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL (about 23 miles; PONTIAC, MI; ID: PTK)
DETROIT METROPOLITAN WAYNE COUNTY (about 24 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DTW)

Other public-use airports nearest to Pleasant Ridge:

OAKLAND/TROY (about 5 miles; TROY, MI; ID: 7D2)
COBO HALL (about 14 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: 84G)
BERZ-MACOMB (about 19 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: UIZ)

Amtrak stations near Pleasant Ridge:

2 miles: ROYAL OAK (201 S. SHERMAN DR.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
7 miles: BIRMINGHAM (449 S. ETON ST.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
9 miles: DETROIT (11 W. BALTIMORE AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Local government website: www.geocities.com/cityofpleasantridge

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pleasant Ridge:

LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; SOUTHFIELD, MI; Full-time enrollment: 2,479)
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-DETROIT CAMPUS (about 9 miles; TROY, MI; FT enrollment: 2,090)
OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-BLOOMFIELD HILLS CAMPUS (about 10 miles; BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI; FT enrollment: 11,634)
MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; WARREN, MI; FT enrollment: 11,057)
HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; DEARBORN, MI; FT enrollment: 6,572)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN (about 13 miles; DEARBORN, MI; FT enrollment: 5,574)
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; ROCHESTER HILLS, MI; FT enrollment: 11,424)

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Average household size:

This city:	2.3 people
Michigan:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	64.2%
Whole state:	68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.4%
Whole state:	5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
Gay men: 2.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	2.0%
Whole state:	10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	1.1%
Whole state:	4.8%

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Pleasant Ridge compared to Michigan state average:

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Median household income significantly above state average.
Median house value significantly above state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Number of rooms per house above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.

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Banks with branches in Pleasant Ridge (2007 data):

Comerica Bank: Pleasant Ridge Branch at 24028 Woodward Avenue, branch established on 1954-06-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $58,543.3 mil, Deposits: $45,884.0 mil, headquarters in Detroit, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 390 total offices, Holding Company: Comerica Incorporated

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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (97%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Electricity (1%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	2	$8,004	$48,024	1	$620
Other and Unallocable	1	$2,130	$25,560	2	$1,893
Police Protection - Officers	7	$27,551	$47,230	3	$1,213
Parks and Recreation	1	$3,237	$38,844	6	$2,593
Police - Other	0	$0		5	$4,802
Totals for Government	11	$40,921	$44,641	17	$11,121

Pleasant Ridge government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
Charges - Parks & Recreation: $134,000
All Other: $129,000

Solid Waste Management: $86,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $337,000
General: $26,000

Parks & Recreation: $1,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $597,000
Regular Highways: $480,000

General - Other: $363,000

Fire Protection: $321,000

Parks & Recreation: $319,000

Solid Waste Management: $282,000

General Public Buildings: $210,000

Water Utilities: $198,000

Central Staff Services: $169,000

Financial Administration: $106,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $105,000

Libraries: $39,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $28,000
Housing & Community Development: $7,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $290,000
Solid Waste Management: $49,000

Financial Administration: $19,000

Regular Highways: $8,000

Police Protection: $7,000
Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $9,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $136,000
Interest Earnings: $123,000

Rents: $69,000

Property Sale Other: $4,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $23,000
Water Utilities: $11,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,776,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $644,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $329,000
Highways: $146,000

All Other: $3,000
Tax - Property: $1,828,000
NEC: $77,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $681,000

5.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,911 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.74%
Michigan average:	5.24%

0.13% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,316 average AGI)
Oakland County: 0.13%
Michigan average: 0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Wayne County, MI	1.88% ($44,191 average AGI)
from Macomb County, MI	0.97% ($50,153)
from Genesee County, MI	0.21% ($41,786)

6.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,610 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.58%
Michigan average:	5.98%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,119 average AGI)
Oakland County: 0.10%
Michigan average: 0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Wayne County, MI	1.35% ($44,508 average AGI)
to Macomb County, MI	1.04% ($43,477)
to Genesee County, MI	0.29% ($43,511)

Strongest AM radio stations in Pleasant Ridge:

WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WXYT (1270 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF DETROIT)
WEXL (1340 AM; 1 kW; ROYAL OAK, MI; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WDFN (1130 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WCHB (1200 AM; 50 kW; TAYLOR, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WQBH (1400 AM; 1 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: QUEEN'S BROADCASTING CORP.)
WXDX (1310 AM; 5 kW; DEARBORN, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WUFL (1030 AM; daytime; 5 kW; STERLING HEIGHTS, MI; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
WDEO (990 AM; 9 kW; YPSILANTI, MI; Owner: WORD BROADCASTERS, INC.)
WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
WTKA (1050 AM; 10 kW; ANN ARBOR, MI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

Strongest FM radio stations in Pleasant Ridge:

WMGC-FM (105.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
WCSX (94.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, MI; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
WDVD (96.3 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WOMC (104.3 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN)
WYCD (99.5 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN)
WKRK-FM (97.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WDTJ (105.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
WDRQ (93.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WKQI (95.5 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WRIF (101.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
WNIC (100.3 FM; DEARBORN, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WJLB (97.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WVMV (98.7 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WDTR-FM (90.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF DETROIT)
WMXD (92.3 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WDTW (106.7 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WDET-FM (101.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY)
WMUZ (103.5 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
WGPR (107.5 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: WGPR, INC.)
WHPR-FM (88.1 FM; HIGHLAND PARK, MI; Owner: R.J.'S LATE NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Pleasant Ridge:

WWJ-TV (Channel 62; DETROIT, MI; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
WDWB (Channel 20; DETROIT, MI; Owner: WXON LICENSE, INC.)
WTVS (Channel 56; DETROIT, MI; Owner: DETROIT EDUC. TV FOUNDATION)
WBXD-CA (Channel 5; DETROIT, MI; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
WJBK (Channel 2; DETROIT, MI; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WDIV-TV (Channel 4; DETROIT, MI; Owner: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, MICHIGAN, INC.)
WXYZ-TV (Channel 7; DETROIT, MI; Owner: CHANNEL 7 OF DETROIT, INC.)
WKBD (Channel 50; DETROIT, MI; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF DETROIT INC.)
WLPC-LP (Channel 26; DETROIT, MI; Owner: GLENN R. AND KARIN A. PLUMMER)
W33BY (Channel 68; DETROIT, MI; Owner: HIGHLAND PARK BROADCASTING, L.P.)
WDWO-CA (Channel 18; DETROIT, MI; Owner: TCT OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
WADL (Channel 38; MOUNT CLEMENS, MI; Owner: ADELL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WFUM (Channel 28; FLINT, MI; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)
W48AV (Channel 48; DETROIT, MI; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)

Pleasant Ridge, Michigan:

Fatal accident count: 7
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 10
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
Fatalities: 7
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 11
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0

Michigan average:

Fatal accident count: 131
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 203
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 49
Fatalities: 141
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 349
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 21

Pleasant Ridge fatal accident list:
Mar 15, 2001 03:16 AM, Sr-1, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 7, 2000 10:25 AM, I-696, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jun 23, 1990 06:24 AM, 1, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Sep 27, 1990 09:00 AM, Devonshire, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Nov 7, 1981 11:54 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Sep 4, 1979 09:50 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 4, 1977 12:22 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

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