Greenwood vs Lakeview

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Lakeview: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenwood and Lakeview are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenwood has the higher population (3,123 vs 846 in Lakeview). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($60,540 vs $58,381 in Lakeview). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $107,000 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Lakeview
Population	3,123	846
Median age	50.0 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,540	$58,381
Median home value	$227,500	$107,000
Median gross rent	$576	$868
Housing units	1,477	518
Homeownership rate	82.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Lakeview
Population	3,181 → 3,123 (-1.8%)	1,312 → 846 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$58,564 → $60,540 (+3.4%)	$38,362 → $58,381 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $227,500 (+35.4%)	$111,800 → $107,000 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $576 (-21.0%)	$794 → $868 (+9.3%)

Greenwood

Population

3,1813,123

Median household income

$58,564$60,540

Median home value

$168,000$227,500

Median gross rent

$729$576

Lakeview

Population

1,312846

Median household income

$38,362$58,381

Median home value

$111,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$794$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Lakeview
Under 5	2.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	4.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	17.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	25.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.5%
75 and over	11.2%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	69.7%
Black or African American	38.8%	17.0%
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	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Lakeview
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Lakeview
Drove alone	81.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	13.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	62.1%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Lakeview
Poverty rate	2.8%	26.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1995	1981