Lakewood vs Strongsville

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

Lakewood and Strongsville 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 46,022 in Strongsville). Strongsville has the higher median household income ($102,574 vs $65,925 in Lakewood). Strongsville has the higher median home value ($279,600 vs $241,500 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Strongsville
Population	50,229	46,022
Median age	34.7 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,925	$102,574
Median home value	$241,500	$279,600
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,253
Housing units	28,973	19,596
Homeownership rate	44.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Strongsville
Population	50,259 → 50,229 (-0.1%)	44,719 → 46,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$53,290 → $65,925 (+23.7%)	$88,176 → $102,574 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $241,500 (+52.8%)	$206,300 → $279,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $1,013 (+27.1%)	$1,025 → $1,253 (+22.2%)

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

Strongsville

Population

44,71946,022

Median household income

$88,176$102,574

Median home value

$206,300$279,600

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Strongsville
Under 5	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	26.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.0%
75 and over	5.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Strongsville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Strongsville
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	18.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Strongsville
Drove alone	69.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.8%
Public transit	2.3%	1.1%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	17.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Strongsville
1-unit, detached	36.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	25.1%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Strongsville
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.1%
Average household size	1.88	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1938	1981