Franklin vs Orchard Lake Village

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin and Orchard Lake Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Franklin has the higher population (2,610 vs 2,298 in Orchard Lake Village). Orchard Lake Village has the higher median household income ($212,813 vs $176,571 in Franklin). Orchard Lake Village has the higher median home value ($799,500 vs $696,700 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
Population	2,610	2,298
Median age	49.6 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$176,571	$212,813
Median home value	$696,700	$799,500
Median gross rent	$3,175	—
Housing units	1,100	826
Homeownership rate	94.9%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.3%	68.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
Population	3,310 → 2,610 (-21.1%)	2,505 → 2,298 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$161,607 → $176,571 (+9.3%)	$182,273 → $212,813 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$611,900 → $696,700 (+13.9%)	$645,500 → $799,500 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,659 → $3,175 (+19.4%)	—

Franklin

Population

3,3102,610

Median household income

$161,607$176,571

Median home value

$611,900$696,700

Median gross rent

$2,659$3,175

Orchard Lake Village

Population

2,5052,298

Median household income

$182,273$212,813

Median home value

$645,500$799,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
Under 5	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	13.2%	17.6%
75 and over	12.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	67.4%
Black or African American	13.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	4.1%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
Drove alone	70.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	19.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Orchard Lake Village
Poverty rate	2.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1983