Lake Orion vs Wolverine Lake

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

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

Wolverine Lake has the higher population (4,476 vs 2,873 in Lake Orion). Lake Orion has the higher median household income ($98,871 vs $88,423 in Wolverine Lake). Lake Orion has the higher median home value ($346,700 vs $270,400 in Wolverine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
Population	2,873	4,476
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,871	$88,423
Median home value	$346,700	$270,400
Median gross rent	$757	$1,678
Housing units	1,437	2,013
Homeownership rate	73.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
Population	3,141 → 2,873 (-8.5%)	4,648 → 4,476 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$90,099 → $98,871 (+9.7%)	$85,019 → $88,423 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $346,700 (+28.5%)	$197,000 → $270,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $757 (+3.3%)	$988 → $1,678 (+69.8%)

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

Wolverine Lake

Population

4,6484,476

Median household income

$85,019$88,423

Median home value

$197,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
Under 5	4.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.2%
75 and over	9.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
Drove alone	71.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	14.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
1-unit, detached	70.3%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	7.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Orion	Wolverine Lake
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1954	1972