Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Sylvan Lake is located roughly from downtown Detroit, and borders Pontiac to the east. As of the 2020 census, Sylvan Lake had a population of 1,723. With a land area of , Sylvan Lake is the fourth-smallest city by land area in the state after Clarkston, Petersburg, and neighboring Keego Harbor.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (37.8%) is water.
Government
Federal, state, and county legislators
{| class="wikitable"
|+United States House of Representatives
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|11th
|Haley Stevens
| |Democratic
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Michigan Senate
!District
!Senator
!Party
!Since
|-
|13th
|Rosemary Bayer
| |Democratic
|2019
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Michigan House of Representatives
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|20th
|Noah Arbit
| |Democratic
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oakland County Board of Commissioners
!District
!Commissioner
!Party
!Since
|-
|10
|Kirsten Nelson
| |Democratic
|2019
|}
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sylvan Lake had a population of 1,723. The median age was 52.1 years. 12.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.7 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 867 households in Sylvan Lake, of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.3% were married-couple households, 19.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. of 2010, there were 1,720 people, 809 households, and 474 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 864 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.5% White, 2.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of the population.
There were 809 households, of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.4% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.76.
The median age in the city was 44.8 years. 20.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 33.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.
2000 census
As of the census
About 10% of Sylvan Lake is within the West Bloomfield School District.