Leonard vs Sylvan Lake

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

Leonard 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 359 in Leonard). Sylvan Lake has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $91,250 in Leonard). Sylvan Lake has the higher median home value ($356,800 vs $243,800 in Leonard).

Population, income & housing

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
Population	359	1,672
Median age	39.3 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$106,806
Median home value	$243,800	$356,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,132
Housing units	152	873
Homeownership rate	96.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
Population	359 → 359 (+0.0%)	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $91,250 (+52.9%)	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $243,800 (+64.2%)	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,097 → $1,321 (+20.4%)	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)

Leonard

Population

359359

Median household income

$59,688$91,250

Median home value

$148,500$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,321

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)

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	26.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.5%
75 and over	4.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
No high school diploma	15.2%	0.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
Drove alone	76.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	16.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
1-unit, detached	96.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	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

	Leonard	Sylvan Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.85	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1954	1956