Fort Oglethorpe vs Lakeview

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Oglethorpe and Lakeview: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Oglethorpe and Lakeview are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Oglethorpe has the higher population (10,332 vs 4,760 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($56,208 vs $50,902 in Fort Oglethorpe). Fort Oglethorpe has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $162,300 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
Population	10,332	4,760
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,902	$56,208
Median home value	$186,500	$162,300
Median gross rent	$952	$985
Housing units	5,048	2,107
Homeownership rate	50.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
Population	9,954 → 10,332 (+3.8%)	5,089 → 4,760 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$45,394 → $50,902 (+12.1%)	$46,693 → $56,208 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $186,500 (+45.6%)	$81,100 → $162,300 (+100.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $952 (+25.4%)	$913 → $985 (+7.9%)

Fort Oglethorpe

Population

9,95410,332

Median household income

$45,394$50,902

Median home value

$128,100$186,500

Median gross rent

$759$952

Lakeview

Population

5,0894,760

Median household income

$46,693$56,208

Median home value

$81,100$162,300

Median gross rent

$913$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
Under 5	4.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.3%
75 and over	17.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
No high school diploma	8.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
Drove alone	87.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	46.0%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Oglethorpe	Lakeview
Poverty rate	9.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1993	1967