Imperial Beach vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Imperial Beach and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Imperial Beach has the higher population (25,897 vs 21,788 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($94,877 vs $79,071 in Imperial Beach). Imperial Beach has the higher median home value ($811,000 vs $585,500 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
Population	25,897	21,788
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,071	$94,877
Median home value	$811,000	$585,500
Median gross rent	$1,914	$1,976
Housing units	10,276	7,731
Homeownership rate	30.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
Population	27,315 → 25,897 (-5.2%)	21,917 → 21,788 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$53,690 → $79,071 (+47.3%)	$74,823 → $94,877 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$563,600 → $811,000 (+43.9%)	$428,200 → $585,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,914 (+31.2%)	$1,423 → $1,976 (+38.9%)

Imperial Beach

Population

27,31525,897

Median household income

$53,690$79,071

Median home value

$563,600$811,000

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,914

Lakeside

Population

21,91721,788

Median household income

$74,823$94,877

Median home value

$428,200$585,500

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.6%
75 and over	4.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	66.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
No high school diploma	14.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	29.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
Drove alone	71.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.8%
Public transit	4.4%	1.5%
Walked	3.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.4%	13.8%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	39.4%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Imperial Beach	Lakeside
Poverty rate	15.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1972	1981