Lakeview vs Old Bethpage

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeview and Old Bethpage: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Bethpage has the higher population (6,179 vs 5,794 in Lakeview). Old Bethpage has the higher median household income ($186,776 vs $128,591 in Lakeview). Old Bethpage has the higher median home value ($866,000 vs $556,900 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
Population	5,794	6,179
Median age	34.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$128,591	$186,776
Median home value	$556,900	$866,000
Median gross rent	$2,780	—
Housing units	1,571	2,413
Homeownership rate	88.5%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
Population	6,131 → 5,794 (-5.5%)	5,283 → 6,179 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$146,369 → $128,591 (-12.1%)	$117,857 → $186,776 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$379,300 → $556,900 (+46.8%)	$582,200 → $866,000 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,244 → $2,780 (-14.3%)	—

Lakeview

Population

6,1315,794

Median household income

$146,369$128,591

Median home value

$379,300$556,900

Median gross rent

$3,244$2,780

Old Bethpage

Population

5,2836,179

Median household income

$117,857$186,776

Median home value

$582,200$866,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
Under 5	9.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.7%
75 and over	6.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
White (non-Hispanic)	5.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	56.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
Drove alone	74.2%	62.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.3%
Public transit	12.9%	15.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	19.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
1-unit, detached	98.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Old Bethpage
Poverty rate	15.6%	3.0%
Average household size	3.80	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	46	30
Median year structure built	1959	1964