Lakewood Park vs River Park

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

Lakewood Park and River 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 6,415 in River Park). Lakewood Park has the higher median household income ($64,848 vs $57,370 in River Park). Lakewood Park has the higher median home value ($252,900 vs $196,500 in River Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood Park	River Park
Population	14,077	6,415
Median age	51.2 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,848	$57,370
Median home value	$252,900	$196,500
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,580
Housing units	6,161	2,906
Homeownership rate	81.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood Park	River Park
Population	14,064 → 14,077 (+0.1%)	7,071 → 6,415 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$49,529 → $64,848 (+30.9%)	$39,573 → $57,370 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $252,900 (+92.9%)	$115,300 → $196,500 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,185 (+21.5%)	$1,150 → $1,580 (+37.4%)

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

River Park

Population

7,0716,415

Median household income

$39,573$57,370

Median home value

$115,300$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood Park	River Park
Under 5	5.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	20.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.6%
75 and over	12.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood Park	River Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	46.6%
Black or African American	15.2%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood Park	River Park
No high school diploma	9.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood Park	River Park
Drove alone	83.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.0%
Other means	2.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood Park	River Park
1-unit, detached	74.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood Park	River Park
Poverty rate	10.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1988	1974