Lakewood Park vs Port St. Lucie

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood Park and Port St. Lucie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port St. Lucie has the higher population (220,453 vs 14,077 in Lakewood Park). Port St. Lucie has the higher median household income ($78,137 vs $64,848 in Lakewood Park). Port St. Lucie has the higher median home value ($327,700 vs $252,900 in Lakewood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
Population	14,077	220,453
Median age	51.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,848	$78,137
Median home value	$252,900	$327,700
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,781
Housing units	6,161	86,398
Homeownership rate	81.5%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
Population	14,064 → 14,077 (+0.1%)	189,396 → 220,453 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$49,529 → $64,848 (+30.9%)	$60,587 → $78,137 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $252,900 (+92.9%)	$207,200 → $327,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,185 (+21.5%)	$1,417 → $1,781 (+25.7%)

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

Port St. Lucie

Population

189,396220,453

Median household income

$60,587$78,137

Median home value

$207,200$327,700

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
Under 5	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.7%
75 and over	12.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	51.8%
Black or African American	15.2%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
Drove alone	83.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
1-unit, detached	74.2%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood Park	Port St. Lucie
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1988	2001