Lakeshore vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeshore and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richwood has the higher population (3,840 vs 3,111 in Lakeshore). Lakeshore has the higher median household income ($39,958 vs $31,386 in Richwood). Lakeshore has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $52,300 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeshore	Richwood
Population	3,111	3,840
Median age	29.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,958	$31,386
Median home value	$150,900	$52,300
Median gross rent	$1,030	$873
Housing units	1,209	848
Homeownership rate	51.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeshore	Richwood
Population	2,170 → 3,111 (+43.4%)	4,495 → 3,840 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$37,386 → $39,958 (+6.9%)	$24,896 → $31,386 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $150,900 (+22.5%)	$48,600 → $52,300 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,030 (+1.7%)	$556 → $873 (+57.0%)

Lakeshore

Population

2,1703,111

Median household income

$37,386$39,958

Median home value

$123,200$150,900

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,030

Richwood

Population

4,4953,840

Median household income

$24,896$31,386

Median home value

$48,600$52,300

Median gross rent

$556$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeshore	Richwood
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	27.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	28.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	3.7%	6.1%
75 and over	4.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeshore	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	16.1%
Black or African American	68.4%	75.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeshore	Richwood
No high school diploma	16.3%	25.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeshore	Richwood
Drove alone	70.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeshore	Richwood
1-unit, detached	66.9%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Lakeshore	Richwood
Poverty rate	40.0%	38.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1972	1991