Lakewood vs North Olmsted

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

Lakewood and North Olmsted 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 32,031 in North Olmsted). North Olmsted has the higher median household income ($85,435 vs $65,925 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $202,400 in North Olmsted).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
Population	50,229	32,031
Median age	34.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,925	$85,435
Median home value	$241,500	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,092
Housing units	28,973	13,953
Homeownership rate	44.5%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
Population	50,259 → 50,229 (-0.1%)	31,710 → 32,031 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$53,290 → $65,925 (+23.7%)	$64,236 → $85,435 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $241,500 (+52.8%)	$156,400 → $202,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $1,013 (+27.1%)	$902 → $1,092 (+21.1%)

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

North Olmsted

Population

31,71032,031

Median household income

$64,236$85,435

Median home value

$156,400$202,400

Median gross rent

$902$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
Under 5	4.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	26.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.2%
75 and over	5.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	18.3%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
Drove alone	69.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	15.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
1-unit, detached	36.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	25.1%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	North Olmsted
Poverty rate	10.8%	10.1%
Average household size	1.88	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1965