Keego Harbor vs Lake Orion

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

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

Lake Orion has the higher population (2,873 vs 2,747 in Keego Harbor). Lake Orion has the higher median household income ($98,871 vs $70,185 in Keego Harbor). Lake Orion has the higher median home value ($346,700 vs $246,300 in Keego Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
Population	2,747	2,873
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,185	$98,871
Median home value	$246,300	$346,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	$757
Housing units	1,497	1,437
Homeownership rate	65.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
Population	3,252 → 2,747 (-15.5%)	3,141 → 2,873 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$47,301 → $70,185 (+48.4%)	$90,099 → $98,871 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$153,900 → $246,300 (+60.0%)	$269,900 → $346,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$733 → $757 (+3.3%)

Keego Harbor

Population

3,2522,747

Median household income

$47,301$70,185

Median home value

$153,900$246,300

Median gross rent

$949$1,125

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)

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
Under 5	6.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
Drove alone	80.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.9%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
1-unit, detached	63.5%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	9.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keego Harbor	Lake Orion
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1971	1954