Fort Pierce South vs Lakewood Park

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

Fort Pierce South 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 4,686 in Fort Pierce South). Lakewood Park has the higher median household income ($64,848 vs $42,222 in Fort Pierce South). Lakewood Park has the higher median home value ($252,900 vs $211,100 in Fort Pierce South).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
Population	4,686	14,077
Median age	40.2 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,222	$64,848
Median home value	$211,100	$252,900
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,185
Housing units	2,317	6,161
Homeownership rate	65.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
Population	4,235 → 4,686 (+10.6%)	14,064 → 14,077 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$35,455 → $42,222 (+19.1%)	$49,529 → $64,848 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $211,100 (+53.5%)	$131,100 → $252,900 (+92.9%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,059 (+8.8%)	$975 → $1,185 (+21.5%)

Fort Pierce South

Population

4,2354,686

Median household income

$35,455$42,222

Median home value

$137,500$211,100

Median gross rent

$973$1,059

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 South	Lakewood Park
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.1%
75 and over	9.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	70.2%
Black or African American	16.5%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	2.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
No high school diploma	21.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
Drove alone	80.6%	83.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.9%
Other means	4.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
1-unit, detached	59.4%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce South	Lakewood Park
Poverty rate	19.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1969	1988