Photo: OmidGul · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Orchard Lake Village, MI: what to set up and who to call
Elections in Orchard Lake Village are run by Orchard Lake Village itself; register with the Orchard Lake Village City Clerk. Most homes in Orchard Lake Village have two wired internet choices, Xfinity and AT&T.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Orchard Lake Village, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Orchard Lake Village.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Orchard Lake Village. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.
Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Orchard Lake Village water system
The Orchard Lake Village water system supplies almost all of Orchard Lake Village. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Great Lakes Water Authority as seller) and serves 2,194 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0005031.
4 home internet providers serve Orchard Lake Village
100% of 925 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 16% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 91% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 71% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 53% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Orchard Lake Village’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Orchard Lake Village.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Orchard Lake Village (89%) is in West Bloomfield School District; parts are in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools (8%) and Bloomfield Hills School District (2%).
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Orchard Lake Village spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Orchard Lake Village residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Orchard Lake Village | ZIP’s residents in Orchard Lake Village |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48324 | West Bloomfield, MI | 70% | 9% |
| 48323 | West Bloomfield, MI | 30% | 4% |
A few homes fall in 48320.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Orchard Lake Village
Who supplies Orchard Lake Village’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Orchard Lake Village water system (EPA ID MI0005031). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Orchard Lake Village?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Orchard Lake Village?
Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Orchard Lake Village?
48324 (70%), 48323 (30%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Orchard Lake Village in?
West Bloomfield School District. Parts of the city are in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools and Bloomfield Hills School District.
How do I register to vote in Orchard Lake Village?
In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Orchard Lake Village City Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.