Ortonville vs Sylvan Lake

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

Ortonville 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 1,353 in Ortonville). Sylvan Lake has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $101,667 in Ortonville). Sylvan Lake has the higher median home value ($356,800 vs $229,100 in Ortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
Population	1,353	1,672
Median age	42.5 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,667	$106,806
Median home value	$229,100	$356,800
Median gross rent	$947	$1,132
Housing units	555	873
Homeownership rate	80.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
Population	1,650 → 1,353 (-18.0%)	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$65,962 → $101,667 (+54.1%)	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $229,100 (+28.9%)	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $947 (+3.2%)	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)

Ortonville

Population

1,6501,353

Median household income

$65,962$101,667

Median home value

$177,800$229,100

Median gross rent

$918$947

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)

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	22.0%	26.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.5%
75 and over	2.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
Drove alone	74.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	16.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
1-unit, detached	78.4%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ortonville	Sylvan Lake
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1972	1956