Fort Pierce North vs Lakewood Park

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Pierce North and Lakewood Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Pierce North and Lakewood Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakewood Park has the higher population (14,077 vs 7,023 in Fort Pierce North). Lakewood Park has the higher median household income ($64,848 vs $36,707 in Fort Pierce North). Lakewood Park has the higher median home value ($252,900 vs $151,500 in Fort Pierce North).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
Population	7,023	14,077
Median age	39.8 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,707	$64,848
Median home value	$151,500	$252,900
Median gross rent	$893	$1,185
Housing units	3,062	6,161
Homeownership rate	55.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
Population	6,926 → 7,023 (+1.4%)	14,064 → 14,077 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$28,712 → $36,707 (+27.8%)	$49,529 → $64,848 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $151,500 (+73.5%)	$131,100 → $252,900 (+92.9%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $893 (+10.1%)	$975 → $1,185 (+21.5%)

Fort Pierce North

Population

6,9267,023

Median household income

$28,712$36,707

Median home value

$87,300$151,500

Median gross rent

$811$893

Lakewood Park

Population

14,06414,077

Median household income

$49,529$64,848

Median home value

$131,100$252,900

Median gross rent

$975$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
Under 5	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.1%
75 and over	7.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	70.2%
Black or African American	56.8%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
No high school diploma	30.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	29.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
Drove alone	82.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.9%
Other means	4.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
1-unit, detached	71.8%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce North	Lakewood Park
Poverty rate	22.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1974	1988