Beachwood vs Lakewood

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (69,884 vs 11,002 in Beachwood). Beachwood has the higher median household income ($102,043 vs $57,576 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($618,400 vs $307,500 in Beachwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beachwood	Lakewood
Population	11,002	69,884
Median age	42.1 yrs	17.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,043	$57,576
Median home value	$307,500	$618,400
Median gross rent	$2,236	$1,647
Housing units	4,180	14,534
Homeownership rate	90.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beachwood	Lakewood
Population	11,226 → 11,002 (-2.0%)	56,072 → 69,884 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$79,777 → $102,043 (+27.9%)	$50,897 → $57,576 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$231,500 → $307,500 (+32.8%)	$474,400 → $618,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,236 (+36.3%)	$1,388 → $1,647 (+18.7%)

Beachwood

Population

11,22611,002

Median household income

$79,777$102,043

Median home value

$231,500$307,500

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,236

Lakewood

Population

56,07269,884

Median household income

$50,897$57,576

Median home value

$474,400$618,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beachwood	Lakewood
Under 5	5.8%	17.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	34.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	3.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	3.1%
75 and over	6.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beachwood	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	82.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beachwood	Lakewood
No high school diploma	5.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	32.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beachwood	Lakewood
Drove alone	90.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	13.3%
Public transit	1.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.2%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.9%	14.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beachwood	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	98.3%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	31.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Beachwood	Lakewood
Poverty rate	5.1%	29.3%
Average household size	2.77	4.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1976	1992