Orchard Lake Village, Michigan
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Orchard Lake Village is a city in Oakland County
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 and a small, exclusive suburb on the outskirts of Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
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. The population was 2,375 at the 2010 census.

Oakland County is touted as one of the wealthiest counties in the Midwestern United States
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....

. Orchard Lake Village is ranked as the 7th highest income city in Michigan.

The city is mostly surrounded by West Bloomfield
West Bloomfield Township, Michigan
West Bloomfield Charter Township is an affluent charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 64,690. As of 2008, West Bloomfield Township was ranked the 8th highest income city in the...

. It also shares a border with Keego Harbor
Keego Harbor, Michigan
Keego Harbor is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,970 at the 2010 census. The city originated as a real estate investment and planned resort established by Pontiac lawyer Joseph E. Sawyer circa 1900. The name Keego is said to mean "big fish" in an Indian...

, to the east. Orchard Lake Village is home to St. Mary's Preparatory
St. Mary's Preparatory
St. Mary's Preparatory is a Catholic secondary school in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan.-Overview:St. Mary's was founded in 1885 on Detroit's east side by Rev. Joseph Dabrowski as a school for Polish-American boys to train for the priesthood...

 and SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary
SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary
SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary is a four-year private Polish seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan. The seminary, taking its name from Saints Cyril and Methodius, was founded in 1885 in Detroit, Michigan, to prepare candidates for the Roman Catholic priesthood primarily to serve Polish American...

, in addition to the Orchard Lake Country Club and Pine Lake Country Club. It is also the home of the Michigan Military Academy
Michigan Military Academy
The Michigan Military Academy, also known as the M.M.A., was an all-boys military prep school in Orchard Lake Village, Oakland County, Michigan. It was founded in 1877 by Captain J. Sumner Rogers, and closed in 1908 due to bankruptcy...

, now Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory and Orchard Lake Schools.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.6 km²), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km²) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), or 36.83%, is water. Orchard Lake, Cass Lake, and Upper Straits Lake are all within or partially within the city limits. Terrain is rolling and high. Orchard Lake Village surrounds Orchard Lake
Orchard Lake
Orchard Lake is a medium-sized inland lake, 795 acres . It has a 110 feet maximum depth and is in the city of Orchard Lake Village, Oakland County, in Michigan, USA. It is the second-largest lake in Oakland County after Cass Lake....

, the third-largest lake in Oakland County (after Cass Lake
Cass Lake (Michigan)
Cass Lake is the largest lake in Oakland County, Michigan. It covers 1,280 acres and has a maximum depth of 123 ft . It is bordered by the cities, villages, and townships of Waterford Township, West Bloomfield Township, Orchard Lake Village, and Keego Harbor.Dodge #4 State Park is located on the...

, which is also partially in Orchard Lake Village, and Kent Lake). The city is surrounded by West Bloomfield Township, except for the northeast which abuts Keego Harbor.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 2,215 people, 750 households, and 648 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 855.7 per square mile (330.2/km²). There were 805 housing units at an average density of 311.0 per square mile (120.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.87% White, 3.84% African American, 0.14% Native American, 2.66% Asian, 0.09% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.90% of the population.

8.8% of Orchard Lake's population reported ancestries that were characterized as "Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac" by the U.S. Census, making Orchard Lake Village the community with the highest percentage of people in that category of any place in the United States.

There were 750 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.5% were non-families. 9.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 34.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $121,126, and the median income for a family was $126,058. Males had a median income of $83,680 versus $41,250 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the city was $67,881. About 0.6% of families and 0.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

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