Arvada vs Lakewood

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (156,309 vs 122,835 in Arvada). Arvada has the higher median household income ($113,396 vs $85,789 in Lakewood). Arvada has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $548,200 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Arvada	Lakewood
Population	122,835	156,309
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,396	$85,789
Median home value	$600,800	$548,200
Median gross rent	$1,802	$1,746
Housing units	51,655	73,000
Homeownership rate	74.9%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvada	Lakewood
Population	118,746 → 122,835 (+3.4%)	155,146 → 156,309 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $113,396 (+33.9%)	$66,740 → $85,789 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$384,500 → $600,800 (+56.3%)	$364,800 → $548,200 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,802 (+32.7%)	$1,361 → $1,746 (+28.3%)

Arvada

Population

118,746122,835

Median household income

$84,717$113,396

Median home value

$384,500$600,800

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,802

Lakewood

Population

155,146156,309

Median household income

$66,740$85,789

Median home value

$364,800$548,200

Median gross rent

$1,361$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvada	Lakewood
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvada	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.5%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvada	Lakewood
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	20.6%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvada	Lakewood
Drove alone	69.2%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.2%
Public transit	1.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	21.9%	19.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvada	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	70.3%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	17.6%
20 or more units	8.1%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Arvada	Lakewood
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1979	1977