Lake View vs Vance

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

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

Lake View has the higher population (4,238 vs 1,822 in Vance). Lake View has the higher median household income ($96,409 vs $76,654 in Vance). Lake View has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $208,600 in Vance).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Vance
Population	4,238	1,822
Median age	38.1 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,409	$76,654
Median home value	$285,700	$208,600
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,094
Housing units	1,496	671
Homeownership rate	95.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Vance
Population	2,452 → 4,238 (+72.8%)	1,519 → 1,822 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$82,455 → $96,409 (+16.9%)	$72,031 → $76,654 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $285,700 (+37.1%)	$135,800 → $208,600 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,022 (-26.6%)	$985 → $1,094 (+11.1%)

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

Vance

Population

1,5191,822

Median household income

$72,031$76,654

Median home value

$135,800$208,600

Median gross rent

$985$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Vance
Under 5	3.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	20.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	20.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	4.6%
75 and over	2.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Vance
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	85.3%
Black or African American	30.9%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Vance
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Vance
Drove alone	90.1%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Vance
1-unit, detached	99.5%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Vance
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.83	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	2003	2004