Lake Angelus vs Sylvan Lake

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

Lake Angelus 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 277 in Lake Angelus). Lake Angelus has the higher median household income ($212,368 vs $106,806 in Sylvan Lake). Lake Angelus has the higher median home value ($1,150,000 vs $356,800 in Sylvan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
Population	277	1,672
Median age	65.4 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$212,368	$106,806
Median home value	$1,150,000	$356,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,132
Housing units	159	873
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
Population	274 → 277 (+1.1%)	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$214,375 → $212,368 (-0.9%)	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$1,243,800 → $1,150,000 (-7.5%)	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)

Lake Angelus

Population

274277

Median household income

$214,375$212,368

Median home value

$1,243,800$1,150,000

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)

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	1.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	3.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	22.4%	26.3%
65 to 74	37.5%	11.5%
75 and over	13.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	5.8%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	47.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
Drove alone	89.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Angelus	Sylvan Lake
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.04	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1961	1956