Fredonia vs Lakewood

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

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

Fredonia has the higher population (9,601 vs 2,975 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $47,694 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $146,300 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Lakewood
Population	9,601	2,975
Median age	34.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,694	$70,962
Median home value	$184,400	$146,300
Median gross rent	$866	$1,132
Housing units	4,358	1,610
Homeownership rate	56.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Lakewood
Population	10,464 → 9,601 (-8.2%)	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $47,694 (-2.8%)	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$130,700 → $184,400 (+41.1%)	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $866 (+16.7%)	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)

Fredonia

Population

10,4649,601

Median household income

$49,071$47,694

Median home value

$130,700$184,400

Median gross rent

$742$866

Lakewood

Population

2,8472,975

Median household income

$53,882$70,962

Median home value

$113,700$146,300

Median gross rent

$735$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Lakewood
Under 5	3.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	30.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.6%
75 and over	9.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Lakewood
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Lakewood
Drove alone	69.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	10.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.6%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	53.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	8.6%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Lakewood
Poverty rate	24.0%	10.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1957