Lakewood vs Westlake

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

Lakewood and Westlake 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 34,036 in Westlake). Westlake has the higher median household income ($110,101 vs $65,925 in Lakewood). Westlake has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $241,500 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Westlake
Population	50,229	34,036
Median age	34.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,925	$110,101
Median home value	$241,500	$336,100
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,480
Housing units	28,973	15,781
Homeownership rate	44.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Westlake
Population	50,259 → 50,229 (-0.1%)	32,275 → 34,036 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$53,290 → $65,925 (+23.7%)	$86,008 → $110,101 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $241,500 (+52.8%)	$258,600 → $336,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $1,013 (+27.1%)	$1,174 → $1,480 (+26.1%)

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

Westlake

Population

32,27534,036

Median household income

$86,008$110,101

Median home value

$258,600$336,100

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Westlake
Under 5	4.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	26.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.1%
75 and over	5.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	84.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Westlake
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	18.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Westlake
Drove alone	69.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	19.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Westlake
1-unit, detached	36.1%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	25.1%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Westlake
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.1%
Average household size	1.88	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1983