Lake Park vs Remerton

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

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

Remerton has the higher population (1,430 vs 962 in Lake Park). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($38,571 vs $26,920 in Remerton). Since 2019, Remerton's population has grown faster (+28.6% vs +11.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Remerton
Population	962	1,430
Median age	30.6 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,571	$26,920
Median home value	$241,900	—
Median gross rent	$797	$946
Housing units	443	781
Homeownership rate	46.9%	0.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Remerton
Population	863 → 962 (+11.5%)	1,112 → 1,430 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $38,571 (-25.2%)	$21,859 → $26,920 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$180,500 → $241,900 (+34.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$804 → $797 (-0.9%)	$773 → $946 (+22.4%)

Lake Park

Population

863962

Median household income

$51,563$38,571

Median home value

$180,500$241,900

Median gross rent

$804$797

Remerton

Population

1,1121,430

Median household income

$21,859$26,920

Median gross rent

$773$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Remerton
Under 5	13.8%	17.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	24.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	23.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	1.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	2.6%
75 and over	1.1%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Remerton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	23.1%
Black or African American	21.3%	70.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Remerton
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	59.2%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Remerton
Drove alone	56.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	27.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	3.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Remerton
1-unit, detached	63.7%	19.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	32.0%
20 or more units	17.6%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Remerton
Poverty rate	37.0%	51.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	2002	1995