Lake Orion, MI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake Orion, MI: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 34,836. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet LAKE-ORION-MI · Lake Orion, MI 3 ZIPs · 34,836 pop · #2484/25278 · Oakland County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-TOP $116,407
- RANK-TOP #2484/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clarkston
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 81% owners
- POP-SMALL 34,836
- SPREAD-MOD 48359→48360
- HOME-MID $361,500
Nearest income peer: Clarkston, MI ( $963 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Lake Orion
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lake Orion on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Pontiac · lowest $44,845
Pontiac · lowest
$44,845 median HH income
- Farmington · near
Farmington · near
$104,560 median HH income
- Clarkston · near
Clarkston · near
$115,444 median HH income
- Lake Orion · this city
Lake Orion · this city
$116,407 median HH income
- Novi · near
Novi · near
$126,159 median HH income
- Troy · near
Troy · near
$127,260 median HH income
- Bloomfield Hil · highest
Bloomfield Hil · highest
$162,817 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lake Orion, MI sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 10%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 34,836
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $116,407
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $116,407 and home value $361,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 54.6%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lake Orion as a pure owner town.
Within Michigan, Berkley is the closest lower-income city and Moline the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake Orion.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Lake Orion differ
Income is the clearest internal divide in Lake Orion. ZIP 48359 reports $93,125 in median household income, while ZIP 48360 reports $140,865. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 3.9 points
48359 to 48360
48362 to 48360
48360 to 48362
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lake Orion residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Lake Orion: the largest, 48362, is only about 43% of 34,836 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Lake Orion
Citywide ZBP: 894 establishments, 13,811 employees , annual payroll $720,375k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48362 (340 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (130) · also Health care and social assistance · Professional, scientific, and technical services .
ZIP Codes in Lake Orion, MI
These ZIP codes sit in Oakland County, which covers 66 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Lake Orion. See the Oakland County roll-up →
Lake Orion lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Oakland County: Rochester, Troy and West Bloomfield earn more and Farmington, Southfield and Waterford earn less. Pontiac marks the far end of that range at $44,845, 61% below Lake Orion.
Side-by-side: Compare 48362 vs 48360 →
Lake Orion roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lake Orion, .