Lakeside vs Winter Gardens

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

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

Winter Gardens has the higher population (22,003 vs 21,788 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($94,877 vs $94,320 in Winter Gardens). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($585,500 vs $558,800 in Winter Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
Population	21,788	22,003
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,877	$94,320
Median home value	$585,500	$558,800
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,855
Housing units	7,731	7,869
Homeownership rate	68.4%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
Population	21,917 → 21,788 (-0.6%)	23,545 → 22,003 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$74,823 → $94,877 (+26.8%)	$69,063 → $94,320 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$428,200 → $585,500 (+36.7%)	$414,000 → $558,800 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,976 (+38.9%)	$1,354 → $1,855 (+37.0%)

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

Winter Gardens

Population

23,54522,003

Median household income

$69,063$94,320

Median home value

$414,000$558,800

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.5%
75 and over	8.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	64.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	1.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
Drove alone	75.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.8%	14.0%
Other means	2.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
1-unit, detached	53.3%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	10.4%
20 or more units	11.6%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Winter Gardens
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1981	1977