Lake View vs Northport

A side-by-side comparison of Lake View and Northport: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake View and Northport are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Northport has the higher population (30,991 vs 4,238 in Lake View). Lake View has the higher median household income ($96,409 vs $77,781 in Northport). Lake View has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $258,800 in Northport).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Northport
Population	4,238	30,991
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,409	$77,781
Median home value	$285,700	$258,800
Median gross rent	$1,022	$954
Housing units	1,496	13,196
Homeownership rate	95.7%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Northport
Population	2,452 → 4,238 (+72.8%)	25,874 → 30,991 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$82,455 → $96,409 (+16.9%)	$59,836 → $77,781 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $285,700 (+37.1%)	$177,200 → $258,800 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,022 (-26.6%)	$824 → $954 (+15.8%)

Lake View

Population

2,4524,238

Median household income

$82,455$96,409

Median home value

$208,400$285,700

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,022

Northport

Population

25,87430,991

Median household income

$59,836$77,781

Median home value

$177,200$258,800

Median gross rent

$824$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Northport
Under 5	3.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	20.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.3%
75 and over	2.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Northport
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	66.2%
Black or African American	30.9%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Northport
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Northport
Drove alone	90.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Northport
1-unit, detached	99.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Northport
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	2003	1992