Inglenook vs Lakes West

A side-by-side comparison of Inglenook and Lakes West: population, income, housing, and more.

Inglenook and Lakes West are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakes West has the higher population (1,308 vs 1,162 in Inglenook). Lakes West has the higher median household income ($244,286 vs $104,375 in Inglenook). Lakes West has the higher median home value ($693,200 vs $392,500 in Inglenook).

Population, income & housing

	Inglenook	Lakes West
Population	1,162	1,308
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,375	$244,286
Median home value	$392,500	$693,200
Housing units	432	416
Homeownership rate	96.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	80.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inglenook	Lakes West
Population	989 → 1,162 (+17.5%)	1,330 → 1,308 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$81,711 → $104,375 (+27.7%)	$184,688 → $244,286 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$217,700 → $392,500 (+80.3%)	$578,100 → $693,200 (+19.9%)

Inglenook

Population

9891,162

Median household income

$81,711$104,375

Median home value

$217,700$392,500

Lakes West

Population

1,3301,308

Median household income

$184,688$244,286

Median home value

$578,100$693,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inglenook	Lakes West
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	5.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	22.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.6%
75 and over	0.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inglenook	Lakes West
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	39.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.7%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inglenook	Lakes West
No high school diploma	17.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	42.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inglenook	Lakes West
Drove alone	60.6%	55.5%
Carpooled	27.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	34.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inglenook	Lakes West
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Inglenook	Lakes West
Poverty rate	2.5%	1.8%
Average household size	3.25	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1967	1966