Michigan · Census place 2677860
Sylvan Lake, Michigan
Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 1,712 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 275th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,712
- #275 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -2 people
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- + 0.33 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,292 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Sylvan Lake population, 2020 to 2024
Sylvan Lake lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Sylvan Lake covers 0.52 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 3,292 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Sylvan Lake is denser than the typical town.
What county Sylvan Lake is in
All of Sylvan Lake's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Sylvan Lake holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sylvan Lake
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sylvan Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48320. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Sylvan Lake is
The Census internal point of Sylvan Lake is at 42.616800, -83.333500. Lansing, the capital, is 62.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Keego Harbor, MI (2,765 people), 0.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 15.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.616800, -83.333500
- DMS
- 42°37'0.48"N 83°20'0.60"W
- UTM
- 17N 308618.1E 4720902.1N
- Geohash
- dpsdrwnku
- Plus code
- 86JRJM88+PH
Daylight in Sylvan Lake
At 42.62° N, Sylvan Lake gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sylvan Lake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Keego Harbor, 0.9 miles away, with 2,765 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sylvan Lake, MI?
1,712 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.1%) from 1,714 in July 2020.
What county is Sylvan Lake in?
Oakland County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sylvan Lake?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48320.
How far is Sylvan Lake from Lansing?
62.6 miles (100.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sylvan Lake.
What is the nearest larger city to Sylvan Lake?
Keego Harbor, MI, with 2,765 residents, 0.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.