Lakeside vs Ramona

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

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

Ramona has the higher population (22,829 vs 21,788 in Lakeside). Ramona has the higher median household income ($101,023 vs $94,877 in Lakeside). Ramona has the higher median home value ($704,500 vs $585,500 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Ramona
Population	21,788	22,829
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,877	$101,023
Median home value	$585,500	$704,500
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,797
Housing units	7,731	7,638
Homeownership rate	68.4%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Ramona
Population	21,917 → 21,788 (-0.6%)	21,323 → 22,829 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$74,823 → $94,877 (+26.8%)	$84,289 → $101,023 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$428,200 → $585,500 (+36.7%)	$476,800 → $704,500 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,976 (+38.9%)	$1,480 → $1,797 (+21.4%)

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

Ramona

Population

21,32322,829

Median household income

$84,289$101,023

Median home value

$476,800$704,500

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Ramona
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Ramona
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	54.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	1.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Ramona
No high school diploma	9.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Ramona
Drove alone	75.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	12.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Ramona
1-unit, detached	53.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	9.1%
20 or more units	11.6%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Ramona
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.96	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1981	1981