Ken Caryl vs Lakewood

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

Ken Caryl 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 33,407 in Ken Caryl). Ken Caryl has the higher median household income ($116,838 vs $85,789 in Lakewood). Ken Caryl has the higher median home value ($565,700 vs $548,200 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
Population	33,407	156,309
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$116,838	$85,789
Median home value	$565,700	$548,200
Median gross rent	$1,950	$1,746
Housing units	13,844	73,000
Homeownership rate	83.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
Population	34,040 → 33,407 (-1.9%)	155,146 → 156,309 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$93,856 → $116,838 (+24.5%)	$66,740 → $85,789 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$370,600 → $565,700 (+52.6%)	$364,800 → $548,200 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $1,950 (+25.6%)	$1,361 → $1,746 (+28.3%)

Ken Caryl

Population

34,04033,407

Median household income

$93,856$116,838

Median home value

$370,600$565,700

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,950

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)

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	15.9%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
Drove alone	65.6%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.2%
Public transit	1.1%	2.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	23.6%	19.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	63.7%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	17.6%
20 or more units	5.3%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ken Caryl	Lakewood
Poverty rate	3.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1987	1977