Ortonville vs Village of Clarkston

A side-by-side comparison of Ortonville and Village of Clarkston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ortonville has the higher population (1,353 vs 842 in Village of Clarkston). Ortonville has the higher median household income ($101,667 vs $94,519 in Village of Clarkston). Village of Clarkston has the higher median home value ($433,300 vs $229,100 in Ortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
Population	1,353	842
Median age	42.5 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,667	$94,519
Median home value	$229,100	$433,300
Median gross rent	$947	$1,205
Housing units	555	427
Homeownership rate	80.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
Population	1,650 → 1,353 (-18.0%)	988 → 842 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$65,962 → $101,667 (+54.1%)	$78,816 → $94,519 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $229,100 (+28.9%)	$358,600 → $433,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $947 (+3.2%)	$968 → $1,205 (+24.5%)

Ortonville

Population

1,6501,353

Median household income

$65,962$101,667

Median home value

$177,800$229,100

Median gross rent

$918$947

Village of Clarkston

Population

988842

Median household income

$78,816$94,519

Median home value

$358,600$433,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
Under 5	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	22.0%	19.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	23.9%
75 and over	2.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	26.7%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
Drove alone	74.9%	58.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	22.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
1-unit, detached	78.4%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	9.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ortonville	Village of Clarkston
Poverty rate	12.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1972	1954