Lake Orion vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (3,478 vs 2,873 in Lake Orion). Lake Orion has the higher median household income ($98,871 vs $88,214 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $346,700 in Lake Orion).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Orion	Oxford
Population	2,873	3,478
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,871	$88,214
Median home value	$346,700	$351,300
Median gross rent	$757	$901
Housing units	1,437	1,549
Homeownership rate	73.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Orion	Oxford
Population	3,141 → 2,873 (-8.5%)	3,542 → 3,478 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$90,099 → $98,871 (+9.7%)	$68,527 → $88,214 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $346,700 (+28.5%)	$210,000 → $351,300 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $757 (+3.3%)	$832 → $901 (+8.3%)

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

Oxford

Population

3,5423,478

Median household income

$68,527$88,214

Median home value

$210,000$351,300

Median gross rent

$832$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Orion	Oxford
Under 5	4.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.2%
75 and over	9.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Orion	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Orion	Oxford
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	20.4%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Orion	Oxford
Drove alone	71.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	13.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Orion	Oxford
1-unit, detached	70.3%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Orion	Oxford
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1954	1978