Lake of the Woods vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Lake of the Woods and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake of the Woods and Lakeside are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (875 vs 734 in Lakeside). Since 2019, Lake of the Woods's population has grown faster (-6.0% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
Population	875	734
Median age	51.4 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,958	—
Median home value	$302,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,254
Housing units	536	336
Homeownership rate	59.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	27.3%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
Population	931 → 875 (-6.0%)	969 → 734 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$45,774 → $48,958 (+7.0%)	—
Median home value	$173,900 → $302,900 (+74.2%)	$349,100 → $396,400 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $1,346 (+86.4%)	$1,338 → $1,254 (-6.3%)

Lake of the Woods

Population

931875

Median household income

$45,774$48,958

Median home value

$173,900$302,900

Median gross rent

$722$1,346

Lakeside

Population

969734

Median home value

$349,100$396,400

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	4.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	24.7%	18.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	21.1%
75 and over	6.9%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
No high school diploma	16.2%	25.6%
High school graduate	42.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
Drove alone	83.7%	97.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	73.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
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	26.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Lakeside
Poverty rate	15.0%	27.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1980	1977