Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Lake Angelus
Lake Angelus is a tiny, exceptionally affluent city in Oakland County that wraps entirely around its namesake private lake, roughly 35 miles north of Detroit. We evaluate what air, moisture and water are doing indoors.
Reading a Lake Angelus home
Lake-ringed enclave of about 287 residents with no downtown or businesses, incorporated as a village by special state act in 1929 to fend off annexation and as a city in 1984. A local distinction: The second-smallest city in Michigan by population, behind only Omer. Those residents occupy about 120 households. Residents, fearing annexation by neighboring municipalities, petitioned the state and incorporated as a village in 1929 through special legislation.
How the housing sits
Owner-occupancy sits at 100%, and 100% of all units are detached single-family homes, per 2023 five-year Census figures. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 79.8%. One landmark on the ground here: The lakefront estate district; the city covers about 1.6 square miles, over a third of it water.
Near Lake Angelus waters the humidity picture shifts, which puts basement moisture, condensation and drainage first.
Around Lake Angelus:
- Lake Angelus. The lake the city surrounds, called Three Mile Lake until Mrs. Sollace B. Collidge renamed it in the 1920s.
- Auto-era lakefront estates. Summer retreats built around the lake by affluent Detroiters during the automotive boom, the origin of the community.
- Lake Angelus waters. Residents' lake recreation on the private-shoreline lake; the city has no commercial district or public downtown.
Corners of the map
Addresses fall in 48326. More than one-third (about 34%) of the city's total area is water.