Fort Pierce vs Lakewood Park

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

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

Fort Pierce has the higher population (48,094 vs 14,077 in Lakewood Park). Lakewood Park has the higher median household income ($64,848 vs $46,745 in Fort Pierce). Lakewood Park has the higher median home value ($252,900 vs $220,500 in Fort Pierce).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
Population	48,094	14,077
Median age	38.0 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,745	$64,848
Median home value	$220,500	$252,900
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,185
Housing units	22,708	6,161
Homeownership rate	48.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
Population	45,329 → 48,094 (+6.1%)	14,064 → 14,077 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$35,198 → $46,745 (+32.8%)	$49,529 → $64,848 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $220,500 (+94.1%)	$131,100 → $252,900 (+92.9%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,194 (+26.6%)	$975 → $1,185 (+21.5%)

Fort Pierce

Population

45,32948,094

Median household income

$35,198$46,745

Median home value

$113,600$220,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,194

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	Lakewood Park
Under 5	7.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.1%
75 and over	7.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	70.2%
Black or African American	41.7%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
No high school diploma	22.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
Drove alone	70.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
1-unit, detached	40.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	10.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce	Lakewood Park
Poverty rate	26.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1981	1988