Lake View vs Tuscaloosa

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

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

Tuscaloosa has the higher population (107,699 vs 4,238 in Lake View). Lake View has the higher median household income ($96,409 vs $48,536 in Tuscaloosa). Lake View has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $236,600 in Tuscaloosa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
Population	4,238	107,699
Median age	38.1 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,409	$48,536
Median home value	$285,700	$236,600
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,005
Housing units	1,496	51,197
Homeownership rate	95.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
Population	2,452 → 4,238 (+72.8%)	99,390 → 107,699 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$82,455 → $96,409 (+16.9%)	$45,268 → $48,536 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $285,700 (+37.1%)	$178,900 → $236,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,022 (-26.6%)	$844 → $1,005 (+19.1%)

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

Tuscaloosa

Population

99,390107,699

Median household income

$45,268$48,536

Median home value

$178,900$236,600

Median gross rent

$844$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	27.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	20.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	2.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	47.7%
Black or African American	30.9%	42.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
Drove alone	90.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
1-unit, detached	99.5%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Tuscaloosa
Poverty rate	3.3%	23.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	35	18
Median year structure built	2003	1988