Bellflower vs Lakewood

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Lakewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellflower and Lakewood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakewood has the higher population (80,510 vs 77,396 in Bellflower). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($116,794 vs $77,602 in Bellflower). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($774,100 vs $661,100 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Lakewood
Population	77,396	80,510
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,602	$116,794
Median home value	$661,100	$774,100
Median gross rent	$1,771	$2,324
Housing units	24,499	26,709
Homeownership rate	38.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Lakewood
Population	77,195 → 77,396 (+0.3%)	80,292 → 80,510 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$60,011 → $77,602 (+29.3%)	$93,432 → $116,794 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$458,600 → $661,100 (+44.2%)	$568,600 → $774,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,771 (+29.5%)	$1,839 → $2,324 (+26.4%)

Bellflower

Population

77,19577,396

Median household income

$60,011$77,602

Median home value

$458,600$661,100

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,771

Lakewood

Population

80,29280,510

Median household income

$93,432$116,794

Median home value

$568,600$774,100

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Lakewood
Under 5	5.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.5%
75 and over	4.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	32.0%
Black or African American	11.3%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	11.7%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	36.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Lakewood
No high school diploma	21.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.6%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Lakewood
Drove alone	74.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.7%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	48.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	20.2%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Lakewood
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.9%
Average household size	3.23	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1966	1957