Lakewood vs Silver Creek

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (2,975 vs 2,619 in Silver Creek). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $66,250 in Silver Creek). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $119,500 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
Population	2,975	2,619
Median age	44.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,962	$66,250
Median home value	$146,300	$119,500
Median gross rent	$1,132	$918
Housing units	1,610	1,248
Homeownership rate	65.1%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
Population	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)

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

Silver Creek

Population

2,4262,619

Median household income

$59,766$66,250

Median home value

$85,600$119,500

Median gross rent

$867$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
Under 5	3.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.9%
75 and over	7.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
Drove alone	84.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	70.2%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1957	1938