Lakeside Woods vs West Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeside Woods and West Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Mountain has the higher population (418 vs 379 in Lakeside Woods). West Mountain has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $201,875 in Lakeside Woods). West Mountain has the higher median home value ($833,300 vs $398,200 in Lakeside Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
Population	379	418
Median age	45.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$201,875	$250,001
Median home value	$398,200	$833,300
Housing units	258	216
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.2%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
Population	367 → 379 (+3.3%)	536 → 418 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$112,292 → $201,875 (+79.8%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$355,000 → $398,200 (+12.2%)	$737,800 → $833,300 (+12.9%)

Lakeside Woods

Population

367379

Median household income

$112,292$201,875

Median home value

$355,000$398,200

West Mountain

Population

536418

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$737,800$833,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	32.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	25.3%	28.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.0%
75 and over	1.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	1.0%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	46.7%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
Drove alone	59.2%	59.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.5%	7.2%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.3%	24.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
1-unit, detached	86.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	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

	Lakeside Woods	West Mountain
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	55	26
Median year structure built	1976	1978