Hawthorne vs Lakewood

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

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

Hawthorne has the higher population (85,933 vs 80,510 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($116,794 vs $72,719 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($813,700 vs $774,100 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
Population	85,933	80,510
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,719	$116,794
Median home value	$813,700	$774,100
Median gross rent	$1,723	$2,324
Housing units	31,056	26,709
Homeownership rate	27.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
Population	87,107 → 85,933 (-1.3%)	80,292 → 80,510 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,215 → $72,719 (+34.1%)	$93,432 → $116,794 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$564,300 → $813,700 (+44.2%)	$568,600 → $774,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,723 (+36.6%)	$1,839 → $2,324 (+26.4%)

Hawthorne

Population

87,10785,933

Median household income

$54,215$72,719

Median home value

$564,300$813,700

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,723

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)

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.5%
75 and over	3.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	32.0%
Black or African American	24.6%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	55.8%	36.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
No high school diploma	21.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
Drove alone	70.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.7%
Public transit	4.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.4%
Other means	3.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	26.6%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	30.8%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Lakewood
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.85	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1972	1957