Lakeland vs Stockton

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeland and Stockton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeland has the higher population (2,943 vs 185 in Stockton). Stockton has the higher median household income ($91,359 vs $29,520 in Lakeland). Stockton has the higher median home value ($213,900 vs $145,900 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland	Stockton
Population	2,943	185
Median age	37.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,520	$91,359
Median home value	$145,900	$213,900
Median gross rent	$859	—
Housing units	1,350	92
Homeownership rate	43.2%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland	Stockton
Population	3,277 → 2,943 (-10.2%)	233 → 185 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$19,315 → $29,520 (+52.8%)	$76,071 → $91,359 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $145,900 (+148.1%)	$167,100 → $213,900 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $859 (+46.8%)	—

Lakeland

Population

3,2772,943

Median household income

$19,315$29,520

Median home value

$58,800$145,900

Median gross rent

$585$859

Stockton

Population

233185

Median household income

$76,071$91,359

Median home value

$167,100$213,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland	Stockton
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	5.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	59.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	2.7%
75 and over	7.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	57.8%
Black or African American	48.6%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	29.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland	Stockton
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland	Stockton
Drove alone	47.3%	45.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	11.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	54.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland	Stockton
1-unit, detached	66.2%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	51.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland	Stockton
Poverty rate	43.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1981	2010