Lakewood vs Riley

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (530 vs 479 in Riley). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($107,574 vs $72,813 in Riley). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $92,700 in Riley).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Riley
Population	530	479
Median age	48.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,574	$72,813
Median home value	$269,400	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$921
Housing units	221	191
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	21.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Riley
Population	748 → 530 (-29.1%)	321 → 479 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$99,351 → $107,574 (+8.3%)	$46,250 → $72,813 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$237,900 → $269,400 (+13.2%)	$83,500 → $92,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $921 (-13.4%)

Lakewood

Population

748530

Median household income

$99,351$107,574

Median home value

$237,900$269,400

Riley

Population

321479

Median household income

$46,250$72,813

Median home value

$83,500$92,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Riley
Under 5	5.3%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	21.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	17.2%	3.1%
75 and over	7.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Riley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Riley
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	26.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Riley
Drove alone	67.0%	51.6%
Carpooled	15.2%	39.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Riley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Riley
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1992	1948