Bemiss vs Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bemiss and Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bemiss has the higher population (8,464 vs 962 in Lake Park). Bemiss has the higher median household income ($84,886 vs $38,571 in Lake Park). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $196,500 in Bemiss).

Population, income & housing

	Bemiss	Lake Park
Population	8,464	962
Median age	29.7 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,886	$38,571
Median home value	$196,500	$241,900
Median gross rent	$1,408	$797
Housing units	3,093	443
Homeownership rate	73.9%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bemiss	Lake Park
Population	8,793 → 8,464 (-3.7%)	863 → 962 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$71,974 → $84,886 (+17.9%)	$51,563 → $38,571 (-25.2%)
Median home value	$154,100 → $196,500 (+27.5%)	$180,500 → $241,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,408 (+23.5%)	$804 → $797 (-0.9%)

Bemiss

Population

8,7938,464

Median household income

$71,974$84,886

Median home value

$154,100$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,408

Lake Park

Population

863962

Median household income

$51,563$38,571

Median home value

$180,500$241,900

Median gross rent

$804$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bemiss	Lake Park
Under 5	9.0%	13.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.0%
75 and over	3.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bemiss	Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	66.6%
Black or African American	27.0%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bemiss	Lake Park
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	24.6%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bemiss	Lake Park
Drove alone	90.4%	56.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	27.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	12.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bemiss	Lake Park
1-unit, detached	92.7%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bemiss	Lake Park
Poverty rate	14.5%	37.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	2001	2002