Lakewood vs Lyford

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

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

Lyford has the higher population (557 vs 530 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($107,574 vs $49,883 in Lyford). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $105,100 in Lyford).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Lyford
Population	530	557
Median age	48.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,574	$49,883
Median home value	$269,400	$105,100
Housing units	221	194
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Lyford
Population	748 → 530 (-29.1%)	346 → 557 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$99,351 → $107,574 (+8.3%)	$81,000 → $49,883 (-38.4%)
Median home value	$237,900 → $269,400 (+13.2%)	$120,800 → $105,100 (-13.0%)

Lakewood

Population

748530

Median household income

$99,351$107,574

Median home value

$237,900$269,400

Lyford

Population

346557

Median household income

$81,000$49,883

Median home value

$120,800$105,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Lyford
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	29.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	9.3%
75 and over	7.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Lyford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.1%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Lyford
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Lyford
Drove alone	67.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Lyford
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.3%
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%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Lyford
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.5%
Average household size	2.38	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	39
Median year structure built	1992	1974