Dakota Ridge vs Lakewood

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

Dakota Ridge 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 34,159 in Dakota Ridge). Dakota Ridge has the higher median household income ($120,368 vs $85,789 in Lakewood). Dakota Ridge has the higher median home value ($570,400 vs $548,200 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
Population	34,159	156,309
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,368	$85,789
Median home value	$570,400	$548,200
Median gross rent	$2,103	$1,746
Housing units	13,488	73,000
Homeownership rate	82.8%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
Population	34,659 → 34,159 (-1.4%)	155,146 → 156,309 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$100,438 → $120,368 (+19.8%)	$66,740 → $85,789 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$373,400 → $570,400 (+52.8%)	$364,800 → $548,200 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,626 → $2,103 (+29.3%)	$1,361 → $1,746 (+28.3%)

Dakota Ridge

Population

34,65934,159

Median household income

$100,438$120,368

Median home value

$373,400$570,400

Median gross rent

$1,626$2,103

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)

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	19.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	68.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	18.3%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
Drove alone	70.5%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.2%
Public transit	1.5%	2.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	20.3%	19.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	81.3%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	17.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Dakota Ridge	Lakewood
Poverty rate	4.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1988	1977