Clay Center vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Clay Center and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeside has the higher population (678 vs 367 in Clay Center). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($92,153 vs $64,750 in Clay Center). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($403,000 vs $121,200 in Clay Center).

Population, income & housing

	Clay Center	Lakeside
Population	367	678
Median age	32.3 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$92,153
Median home value	$121,200	$403,000
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	137	1,401
Homeownership rate	85.5%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay Center	Lakeside
Population	294 → 367 (+24.8%)	741 → 678 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $64,750 (+20.5%)	$43,967 → $92,153 (+109.6%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $121,200 (+35.6%)	$232,300 → $403,000 (+73.5%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $631 (-32.9%)	$816 → $581 (-28.8%)

Clay Center

Population

294367

Median household income

$53,750$64,750

Median home value

$89,400$121,200

Median gross rent

$940$631

Lakeside

Population

741678

Median household income

$43,967$92,153

Median home value

$232,300$403,000

Median gross rent

$816$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay Center	Lakeside
Under 5	1.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	4.1%
18 to 24	17.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.2%	1.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	5.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	37.3%
75 and over	7.4%	25.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay Center	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay Center	Lakeside
No high school diploma	2.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	72.2%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay Center	Lakeside
Drove alone	83.8%	62.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay Center	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clay Center	Lakeside
Poverty rate	18.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.14	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1938	1945