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The town has 2,214 residents and lies in Michigan.
Orchard Lake Village’s best subject grades are an A for health, an A− for incomes, and an A+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Orchard Lake Village, above both Michigan’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (29%). On health, just 47 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. On the outdoors, just 14 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Orchard Lake Village has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Orchard Lake Schools Historic District and Apple Island Historic Archaeological Site. Orchard Lake Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Orchard Lake Village is from typical.
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Where Orchard Lake Village beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Orchard Lake Village | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 10.2% |
Census counts: 178 in 1930, 2,238 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1877 and 7 maps from 1907 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Where Orchard Lake Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Ordered by what stands out in Orchard Lake Village.
The share of adults in Orchard Lake Village who say their health is fair or poor: 14%. Only 8 of the 702 Michigan towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Orchard Lake Village. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Orchard Lake Village is ahead of Michigan on 23 and behind on 2.
| Orchard Lake Village | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 15% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Orchard Lake Village | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Refuge School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 415 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Households in Orchard Lake Village have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2000. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 86% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Orchard Lake Village break down as 53% from inland flooding and 29% from tornadoes. One flood insurance claim has been paid in the town since 1989.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Orchard Lake Village for work: only 5% work in town. This Michigan town had 723 jobs in 2021, down 1,121 from 2011. 16% of Orchard Lake Village workers do their job from home. The median commute is under 11 miles.
| Orchard Lake Village | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $207,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 16°; snowfall runs to about 36 inches a winter. Orchard Lake Village has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Orchard Lake Village, the trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary, 51 acres with 1.6 miles of trail. The town has 4 parks and preserves, 62 acres in all.
| Orchard Lake Village | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary | 1.6 mi | 51 |
| 2. Orchard Lake DNR Boat Access Site | 0.2 mi | 7 |
| 3. Harbor Mills Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical rent for Orchard Lake Village comes to $936 a month. 97% of households live in a home they own locally.
| Orchard Lake Village | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 97% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $936 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Orchard Lake Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
24 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
21 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year5 mi MuseumMarvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
24 mi TheatreFox TheatreMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Orchard Lake Village, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
12 within 15 miles of the center of Orchard Lake Village
About 7 of every 100 Orchard Lake Village residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
City in Michigan, United States
The City of Orchard Lake Village is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Orchard Lake Village is located roughly 27 miles (43.5 km) from downtown Detroit, and about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Pontiac. The city is mostly surrounded by West Bloomfield Township, with a small northeast border with Keego Harbor. As of the 2020 census, Orchard Lake Village had a population of 2,238. About 40% of the city's total area is water, with the main geographic feature being Orchard Lake, which occupies about 30% of the city's total area. Orchard Lake Village is home to St. Mary's Preparatory and SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, in addition to the Orchar…
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2 towns share a border with Orchard Lake Village.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Lake Village | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
| West Bloomfield Township | #135 | A− | D | A− | A | A |
| Keego Harbor | #265 | B+ | C− | B+ | A− | A− |
Orchard Lake Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Orchard Lake Village reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Orchard Lake Village with a neighbor →
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Yes. The typical home is worth about $737,000, 179% above the Michigan typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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