Sylvan Lake vs Village of Clarkston

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

Sylvan Lake 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.

Sylvan Lake has the higher population (1,672 vs 842 in Village of Clarkston). Sylvan Lake has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $94,519 in Village of Clarkston). Village of Clarkston has the higher median home value ($433,300 vs $356,800 in Sylvan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
Population	1,672	842
Median age	52.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,806	$94,519
Median home value	$356,800	$433,300
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,205
Housing units	873	427
Homeownership rate	82.1%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
Population	1,818 → 1,672 (-8.0%)	988 → 842 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$85,000 → $106,806 (+25.7%)	$78,816 → $94,519 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$233,800 → $356,800 (+52.6%)	$358,600 → $433,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,712 → $1,132 (-33.9%)	$968 → $1,205 (+24.5%)

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

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)

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	26.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	23.9%
75 and over	8.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	13.4%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
Drove alone	80.8%	58.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
1-unit, detached	90.7%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Sylvan Lake	Village of Clarkston
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1956	1954