Bloomfield Hills vs Lake Orion

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield Hills and Lake Orion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomfield Hills has the higher population (4,412 vs 2,873 in Lake Orion). Bloomfield Hills has the higher median household income ($200,318 vs $98,871 in Lake Orion). Bloomfield Hills has the higher median home value ($942,900 vs $346,700 in Lake Orion).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
Population	4,412	2,873
Median age	49.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$200,318	$98,871
Median home value	$942,900	$346,700
Median gross rent	$3,250	$757
Housing units	1,698	1,437
Homeownership rate	88.7%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.3%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
Population	4,004 → 4,412 (+10.2%)	3,141 → 2,873 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$178,894 → $200,318 (+12.0%)	$90,099 → $98,871 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$860,800 → $942,900 (+9.5%)	$269,900 → $346,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,527 → $3,250 (+112.8%)	$733 → $757 (+3.3%)

Bloomfield Hills

Population

4,0044,412

Median household income

$178,894$200,318

Median home value

$860,800$942,900

Median gross rent

$1,527$3,250

Lake Orion

Population

3,1412,873

Median household income

$90,099$98,871

Median home value

$269,900$346,700

Median gross rent

$733$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
Under 5	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	10.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.2%
75 and over	18.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	9.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	47.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
Drove alone	77.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	1.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	18.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
1-unit, detached	74.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield Hills	Lake Orion
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1975	1954