Lakewood vs Westervelt

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

Lakewood and Westervelt are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westervelt has the higher population (24 vs 18 in Lakewood). Since 2019, Lakewood's population has grown faster (-43.8% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Westervelt
Population	18	24
Median age	—	15.4 yrs
Housing units	9	29
Homeownership rate	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Westervelt
Population	32 → 18 (-43.8%)	47 → 24 (-48.9%)

Lakewood

Population

3218

Westervelt

Population

4724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Westervelt
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	70.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	29.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	100.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Westervelt
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Westervelt
No high school diploma	0.0%	100.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Westervelt
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Westervelt
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Westervelt
Poverty rate	0.0%	100.0%
Average household size	2.00	3.43
Median year structure built	—	1957