Euclid vs Lakewood

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (50,229 vs 48,991 in Euclid). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($65,925 vs $48,696 in Euclid). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $114,700 in Euclid).

Population, income & housing

	Euclid	Lakewood
Population	48,991	50,229
Median age	41.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,696	$65,925
Median home value	$114,700	$241,500
Median gross rent	$984	$1,013
Housing units	25,658	28,973
Homeownership rate	45.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Euclid	Lakewood
Population	47,159 → 48,991 (+3.9%)	50,259 → 50,229 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $48,696 (+27.3%)	$53,290 → $65,925 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $114,700 (+38.9%)	$158,100 → $241,500 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $984 (+25.8%)	$797 → $1,013 (+27.1%)

Euclid

Population

47,15948,991

Median household income

$38,242$48,696

Median home value

$82,600$114,700

Median gross rent

$782$984

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)

	Euclid	Lakewood
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	26.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Euclid	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	83.2%
Black or African American	65.9%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Euclid	Lakewood
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Euclid	Lakewood
Drove alone	70.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.7%
Public transit	6.2%	2.3%
Walked	1.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.7%	19.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Euclid	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	54.0%	36.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.4%
20 or more units	22.8%	25.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Euclid	Lakewood
Poverty rate	17.4%	10.8%
Average household size	2.16	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1956	1938