Orchard Lake Village vs Sylvan Lake

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

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

Orchard Lake Village has the higher population (2,298 vs 1,672 in Sylvan Lake). Orchard Lake Village has the higher median household income ($212,813 vs $106,806 in Sylvan Lake). Orchard Lake Village has the higher median home value ($799,500 vs $356,800 in Sylvan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
Population	2,298	1,672
Median age	51.4 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$212,813	$106,806
Median home value	$799,500	$356,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,132
Housing units	826	873
Homeownership rate	96.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
Population	2,505 → 2,298 (-8.3%)	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$182,273 → $212,813 (+16.8%)	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$645,500 → $799,500 (+23.9%)	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)

Orchard Lake Village

Population

2,5052,298

Median household income

$182,273$212,813

Median home value

$645,500$799,500

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)

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	21.9%	26.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	11.5%
75 and over	5.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	88.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	12.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	6.8%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
Drove alone	79.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
1-unit, detached	98.5%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orchard Lake Village	Sylvan Lake
Poverty rate	11.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.96	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1983	1956