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Sylvan Lake city, Oakland County, MI

1,672 Population
0.5 square miles 3,218.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oakland County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$83,118 ±$12,351 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oakland County: $55,114 ±$494
  • more than double the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$106,806 ±$28,654 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $95,296 ±$1,130
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

3.7% ±2.2% (61  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 7.7% 96,989 (±0.3% / ±3,645)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

25.1 minutes ±2 (20,365  ±4,067) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Oakland County: 26 13,809,625 (±0.1 / ±140,188)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

873 ±96 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 528,681 ±1,510
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
1.9 ±0 (1,672  ±185) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,260,088 (±0 / ±117)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

873 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 557,978 ±176
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$356,800 ±$25,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $320,400 ±$2,411
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

2.8% ±2% (47  ±33) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oakland County: 11.1% 140,230 (±0.4% / ±4,531.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

99.7% ±7% (1,376  ±190.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Oakland County: 94.9% 865,050 (±0.7% / ±6,602.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
52.7% ±6.2% (727  ±121.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Oakland County: 50.2% 457,515 (±0.5% / ±4,565.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.5% ±2.8% (158  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oakland County: 13.2% 167,484
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5% ±2.3% (73  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Oakland County: 4.7% 47,274 (±0.2% / ±1,498)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
73 Total veterans ±35 73 Male ±35 N/A Female ±11

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