Bingham Farms vs Sylvan Lake

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

Bingham Farms and Sylvan Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sylvan Lake has the higher population (1,672 vs 1,652 in Bingham Farms). Bingham Farms has the higher median household income ($218,750 vs $106,806 in Sylvan Lake). Bingham Farms has the higher median home value ($570,900 vs $356,800 in Sylvan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
Population	1,652	1,672
Median age	67.3 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$218,750	$106,806
Median home value	$570,900	$356,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,132
Housing units	506	873
Homeownership rate	95.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
Population	1,129 → 1,652 (+46.3%)	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$131,071 → $218,750 (+66.9%)	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$415,000 → $570,900 (+37.6%)	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,821 (+82.1%)	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)

Bingham Farms

Population

1,1291,652

Median household income

$131,071$218,750

Median home value

$415,000$570,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,821

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)

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
Under 5	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	5.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	26.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.5%
75 and over	41.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	88.0%
Black or African American	7.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.8%
Asian	2.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	6.5%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
Drove alone	59.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
1-unit, detached	55.3%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	28.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	11.5%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bingham Farms	Sylvan Lake
Poverty rate	27.4%	3.6%
Average household size	3.43	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1984	1956