Cleveland vs Lakewood

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

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

Cleveland has the higher population (367,523 vs 50,229 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($65,925 vs $39,187 in Cleveland). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $94,100 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Lakewood
Population	367,523	50,229
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,187	$65,925
Median home value	$94,100	$241,500
Median gross rent	$894	$1,013
Housing units	200,542	28,973
Homeownership rate	41.2%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Lakewood
Population	385,282 → 367,523 (-4.6%)	50,259 → 50,229 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$30,907 → $39,187 (+26.8%)	$53,290 → $65,925 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $94,100 (+35.2%)	$158,100 → $241,500 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $894 (+24.3%)	$797 → $1,013 (+27.1%)

Cleveland

Population

385,282367,523

Median household income

$30,907$39,187

Median home value

$69,600$94,100

Median gross rent

$719$894

Lakewood

Population

50,25950,229

Median household income

$53,290$65,925

Median home value

$158,100$241,500

Median gross rent

$797$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Lakewood
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	17.4%	26.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	46.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Lakewood
No high school diploma	16.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Lakewood
Drove alone	65.4%	69.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.7%
Public transit	6.9%	2.3%
Walked	5.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.1%	19.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	46.6%	36.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	17.0%	25.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Lakewood
Poverty rate	30.8%	10.8%
Average household size	2.11	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1940	1938