Lakeview vs Oil City

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

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

Oil City has the higher population (941 vs 846 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($58,381 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($107,000 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Oil City
Population	846	941
Median age	53.7 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,381	$17,381
Median home value	$107,000	$55,600
Median gross rent	$868	—
Housing units	518	533
Homeownership rate	63.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Oil City
Population	1,312 → 846 (-35.5%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$38,362 → $58,381 (+52.2%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $107,000 (-4.3%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $868 (+9.3%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Lakeview

Population

1,312846

Median household income

$38,362$58,381

Median home value

$111,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$794$868

Oil City

Population

998941

Median household income

$24,459$17,381

Median home value

$92,100$55,600

Median gross rent

$432$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeview	Oil City
Under 5	5.7%	11.8%
5 to 17	4.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	25.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.5%
75 and over	12.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	33.9%
Black or African American	17.0%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Oil City
No high school diploma	10.1%	21.3%
High school graduate	59.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Oil City
Drove alone	76.7%	56.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	13.4%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Oil City
1-unit, detached	63.3%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Oil City
Poverty rate	26.4%	58.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1981	1977